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. 2006 May 31;6:26. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-26

Table 2.

Differences between baseline and follow-up assessments on insight and neuropsychological variables.

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.