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. 2013 Jul 2;8(7):e67341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067341

Table 3. Descriptive scores and comparisons between patients with delusional disorder and healthy controls in the flexibility domain.

Calculated Meansand Standard Deviations Unadjusted Model Estimated Marginal Meansand Standard Error 95% Confidence Interval Adjusted Model Coheńs d
Cases Controls Cases Controls Cases Controls (by age, educational level and premorbid IQ)
TMT (n = 86) (n = 336) F p (n = 86) (n = 336) (n = 86) (n = 336) F p
Part A (secs.) 105.33 (71.26) 38.32 (16.97) 105.78 <.002 * 86.18 (4.14) 42.42 (1.70) 78.04–94.32 39.07–45.78 86.98 <.002 * 1.52
Part B (secs.) 259.30 (237.89) 87.57 (42.06) 67.09 <.002 * 209.35 (12.92) 97.53 (5.16) 183.95–234.75 87.38–107.68 59.51 <.002 * 1.23
WCST (n = 86) (n = 31) F p (n = 86) (n = 31) (n = 86) (n = 31) F p
Total Errors 28.65 (11.17) 35.84 (20.04) 5.23 .024 * 26.64 (1.82) 40.23 (3.02) 23.01–30.27 34.24–46.23 11.97 .001 * .46
Perseverant Responses 16.63 (11.44) 19.81 (10.64) 1.71 .194 15.22 (1.47) 22.90 (2.43) 12.29–18.15 18.07–27.73 5.88 .017 .29
Perseverant Errors 14.16 (8.62) 17.97 (9.25) 3.96 .049 * 13.11 (1.16) 20.26 (1.92) 10.80–15.42 16.45–24.08 8.18 .005 .43
Non-Perseverant Errors 14.49 (9.04) 17.87 (11.65) 2.48 .119 13.52 (1.28) 19.97 (2.12) 10.97–16.08 15.75–24.19 5.43 .022 .33
Conceptual Level Responses 26.52 (15.38) 63.23 (15.98) 119.51 <.002 * 29.05 (1.84) 57.65 (3.04) 25.39–32.71 51.62–63.69 52.24 <.002 * 2.34
No. of Categories 1.68 (1.4) 4.61 (1.85) 70.60 <.002 * 2.05 (.19) 3.78 (.31) 1.67–2.43 3.15–4.41 17.48 <.002 * 1.80
*

Level of significance p = .002 after Bonferroni correction.