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. 2023 Oct;18(4):420–428. doi: 10.18502/ijps.v18i4.13629

Table 2.

Results of Neurocognitive Assessment by Using CANTAB for Ultra-High Risk for Schizophrenia (UHR) vs. Familial High-Risk for Schizophrenia (FHR) Individuals

Test Variables UHR (N = 40)
Mean ± SD
FHR (N = 34)
Mean ± SD
t P-Value
Spatial Span
Span length 4.9 ± 1.12 6.03 ± 1.29 4.018 < 0.001
Mean time to first response 3181.35 ± 637.41 3099.91 ± 529.33 -0.591 0.556
Mean time to last response 4001.42 ± 728.21 3982.55 ± 630.05 -0.118 0.906
Total errors 13.18 ± 5.47 13.62 ± 5.71 0.340 0.735
Total usage errors 1.85 ± 1.64 1.82 ± 1.54 -0.071 0.944
Stocking of
Cambridge
Mean initial thinking time:
2-moves
1344.24 ± 1287.44 1032.98 ± 1036.67 -1.121 0.266
Mean initial thinking time:
3-moves
3203.03 ± 2563.85 2022.17 ± 1600.50 -2.370 0.021
Mean initial thinking time:
4-moves
2879.36 ± 1831.34 193.20 ± 1232.34 -2.592 0.012
Mean initial thinking time:
5-moves
2881.67 ± 2178.36 2824.22 ± 3085.24 -0.092 0.927
Mean subsequent thinking
time: 2-moves
468.21 ± 640.37 86.39 ± 232.93 -3.431 0.001
Mean subsequent thinking
time: 3-moves
484.58 ± 805.46 93.07 ± 339.96 -2.736 0.009
Mean subsequent thinking
time: 4-moves
1516.90 ± 1616.06 598.04 ± 682.67 -3.232 0.002
Mean subsequent thinking
time: 5-moves
1475.33 ± 1634.57 541.25 ± 1213.51 -2.771 0.007
Problems solved in
minimum moves
6.02 ± 2.21 7.11 ± 1.17 2.706 0.009
Intra-Extra
Dimension
(IED)
Completed stage errors 9.700 ± 5.482 9.176 ± 6.233 -0.489 0.626
Completed stage trials 63.925 ± 20.520 66.205 ± 7.441 -0.654 0.516
Stages completed 8.200 ± 2.344 8.882 ± 0.447 1.797 0.079
Total errors 10.800 ± 6.131 10.911 ± 7.166 0.072 0.943
Total trials 66.475 ± 19.144 69.147 ± 10.719 0.723 0.472

Abbreviations: CANTAB: The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery; UHR: Ultra-High Risk for Schizophrenia; FHR: Familial High-Risk for Schizophrenia.