Table 3.
Results of the cognitive tests on group level by cognitive domain; n = Number of patients who completed the test, as some tests were not completed in all patients due to fatigue or paresis (TMT) * = p ≤ 0.05, significantly lower compared to healthy controls
Domain | Test | n | Subtest | Mean (z-score) |
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Verbal memory | Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) [3] | 19 | Direct recall | -1.64* |
Delayed recall | -1.63* | |||
Recognition: true positives | -0.84* | |||
Recognition: false positives | -0.52 | |||
Attention and executive functioning | Trail Making Test (TMT) [38] | 18 | A | -1.40* |
B | -1.59* | |||
B/A | -0.98* | |||
Language | Boston Naming Test (BNT) [19] | 20 | -1.37* | |
Shortened Token Test (TT) [8] | 20 | -0.57 | ||
Verbal Fluency [23, 33] | 18 | Category: Animals | -1.11* | |
Category: Professions | -1.32* | |||
Letter | -0.43 | |||
Diagnostic Instrument Mild Aphasia (DIMA) [32] | 19 | Repetition | -1.04 | |
Semantic out-picture-out | -0.62 | |||
Sentence completion | -0.18 |