Table 2.
BASELINE ASSESSMENT | FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT | STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES | ||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t-pair test | p | |
Insight Measures# ITAQ (total score) | 12.26 | 7.58 | 16.21 | 7.61 | -4.54 | .001 |
SUMD | ||||||
Lack of Awareness, total score | ||||||
Current illness | 2,66 | 1.36 | 2.45 | 1.15 | 1.69 | .10 |
Past illness | 2.63 | 1.22 | 2.39 | 1.20 | 1.02 | .31 |
Mistaken Attribution, total score Current illness | 2.65 | 1.33 | 2.97 | 1.12 | -.79 | .43 |
Past illness | 2.53 | 1.26 | 2.83 | 1.28 | -.26 | .79 |
AMDP | ||||||
Lack of feeling of illness | 1.42 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.14 | 3.12 | .003 |
Lack of Insigt | 1.64 | 1.15 | 1.30 | 1.08 | 2.30 | .02 |
Refusal of treatment | .82 | .99 | .41 | .83 | 2.46 | .01 |
Neuropsychological Tests | ||||||
Information (WAIS) | 11.04 | 2.46 | 11.87 | 2.54 | -3.82 | .001 |
Word Fluency | 15.97 | 4.64 | 17.51 | 5.71 | -2.06 | .04 |
Stroop Interference | 42.41 | 7.72 | 46.39 | 6.09 | -4.12 | .001 |
Perseverative Responses (WCST) | 30.81 | 22.50 | 26.53 | 22.51 | 2.29 | .02 |
Number of Categories (WCST) | 3.88 | 1.97 | 4.06 | 2.03 | -.72 | .47 |
Trailb Making Test B (Seconds) | 186.96 | 117.30 | 177.23 | 169.32 | -.41 | .68 |
Inmediate Verbal Memory | 11.74 | 3.81 | 13.30 | 4.06 | -2.69 | .01 |
Delayed Verbal Memory | 11.72 | 4.19 | 14.13 | 4.44 | -3.94 | .001 |
*Critical p value after Bonferroni correction (1 × 23) p ≤ 0.0021 (in bold)
# Higher scores on ITAQ. Lower scores in awareness into symptoms and attribution scales of SUMD scale and AMDP items reflected better insight.