Table 3.
Descriptive statistics (raw scores) and effect sizes: self-report and neurocognitive tests.
| Uncomplicated MTBI | Complicated MTBI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | p | d | |
| Self-report Measures | ||||||
| BDI-II total | 7.6 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | .130 | .52 |
| RPSQ total | 11.6 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 6.2 | .358 | .43 |
| Barrow Fatigue Scale | 16.4 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 9.7 | .464 | .25 |
| Neurocognitive Tests | ||||||
| RAVLT total | 56.9 | 7.8 | 60.2 | 10.1 | .237 | .39 |
| RAVLT delay | 11.1 | 2.8 | 12.4 | 2.6 | .159 | .47 |
| RCFT copy | 35.7 | 0.7 | 35.6 | 0.8 | .792 | .09 |
| RCFT Immediate | 25.4 | 5.9 | 23.8 | 5.2 | .402 | .28 |
| Phonemic Fluency total | 38.7 | 9.4 | 39.8 | 13.4 | .766 | .10 |
| Animal Naming total | 25.1 | 6.4 | 22.5 | 5.0 | .194 | .43 |
| Trails A (in seconds) | 27.3 | 9.5 | 28.5 | 8.7 | .685 | .13 |
| Trails B (in seconds) | 62.5 | 24.8 | 57.5 | 13.3 | .495 | .23 |
| Stroop Color-Word | 42.1 | 8.2 | 45.9 | 7.2 | .157 | .47 |
Note: N = 47 (uncomplicated MTBI, n = 34; complicated MTBI, n = 13); Cohen's effect size (d): small (.20), medium (.50), large (.80). BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition; RPSQ: Rivermead Postconcussion Scale; RCFT: Rey Complex Figure Test; RAVLT:Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; MTBI:mild traumatic brain injury.