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.