Table 3.
Neuropsychological battery of tests
| Test (German version) | Domain | Total group deficient test scores (%) | Non-depressed (SCID) z-value/score M (SD) n = 39 |
Depressed (SCID) z-value/score M (SD) n = 10 |
t | df | P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail Making Test A (Zahlen-Verbindungs-Test) | Attention, cognitive and motor speed | 20.0b | −0.25 (0.71) | −0.84 (0.80) | 2.29 | 47 | 0.03 |
| Verbal Learning List (Wortliste) | Immediate and delayed recall | 23.6b | 0.244 (1.04) | 0.239 (0.93) | 0.02 | 47 | 0.98 |
| Digit Symbol Test (Zahlen-Symbol-Test) | Complex attention visuo-motor skills | 9.1b | 0.46 (0.73) | −0.07 (0.84) | 1.98 | 48 | 0.05 |
| Digit Recall (Zahlennachsprechen) | Memory, concentration concept formation | 5.6b | 0.43 (0.93) | 0.24 (1.05) | 0.56 | 46 | 0.58 |
| Cerebral Insufficiency Self Inventory (Cerebrale-Insuffizienz-Skala) | Subjective cognitive impairment | 40.1c | 16.31 (7.53) | 19.8 (5.59) | −1.37 | 47 | 0.18 |
| Mini Mental State (Mini-Mental-Status-Test) | Orientation, attention immediate and delayed recall, calculation | 1.8d |
a
Notes: Corrected by Bonferroni procedure: 0.01; SCID = Structured Clinical Interview DSM IV;
b
z-value ≤−0.8;
c
total score ≥ 20;
d
total score < 24.
Abbreviations: SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; SD, standard deviation.