Table 2.
Executive functioning and global cognition in suicide attempters, suicide ideators, and nonsuicidal depressed and non-psychiatric control elderly participants
| Attempters | Ideators | Nonsuicidal Depressed | Non-Psychiatric Controls | p | η2 | Post Hoc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) | 26.3 (3.0) | 27.3 (2.87) | 28.1 (1.7) | 28.5 (1.6) | <0.01 | 0.13 | A < D,N |
| Executive Interview (EXIT) | 10.6 (5.3) | 10.6 (6.4) | 7.6 (4.2) | 6.5 (3.3) | <0.01 | 0.12 | A,I > D, N |
| Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) Total Score | 130.6 (8.2) | 129.6 (10.6) | 134.0 (5.5) | 137.7 (2.8) | <0.01 | 0.13 | A,I < N |
| DRS Initiation/Perseveration | 34.6 (3.4) | 34.1 (4.4) | 35.5 (2.3) | 36.5 (1.3) | <0.01 | 0.07 | A,I < N |
| DRS Attention | 35.1 (1.7) | 34.7 (1.9) | 35.5 (1.2) | 36.0 (0.9) | <0.01 | 0.09 | I < N |
| DRS Construction | 4.9 (1.3) | 5.2 (1.1) | 5.0 (0.6) | 5.1 (0.8) | 0.66 | 0.01 | -- |
| DRS Conceptualization | 35.1 (3.6) | 35.1 (3.7) | 36.0 (2.7) | 37.0 (1.9) | 0.03 | 0.07 | A < N |
| DRS Memory | 21.7 (3.0) | 20.9 (3.5) | 22.1 (2.8) | 23.1 (1.1) | <0.01 | 0.08 | A,I < N |
*
ANOVAs performed for MMSE, EXIT total score, DRS total score, and DRS subscales (MMSE: df=(3,209), EXIT: df=(3,184), DRS total score and DRS subscales: df=(3,182))