Table 5.
Cognitive performance in the relapse group (RLG), the no-relapse group (NRG), the no change group (NCG) and the control group (CG) at T1 and T2.
| RLG, N = 11 | NRG, N = 12 | NCG, N = 5 | CG, N = 28 | Stat. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | Sig. | Post-hoc | |
| T1-INITIAL TEST | ||||||||||
| CWIT | ||||||||||
| Color na.C | 33.1 | 3.86 | 30.42 | 3.23 | 28.8 | 3.49 | 27.39 | 3.57 | * | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Word re.W | 24.27 | 3.2 | 22.33 | 2.81 | 20.6 | 2.61 | 19.79 | 2.83 | * | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Inhib.CW | 54.64 | 9.3 | 50.67 | 9.61 | 48.6 | 10.36 | 43.89 | 6.42 | * | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Inhib/sw.IS | 66.91 | 9.2 | 55.5 | 8.17 | 57.4 | 7.95 | 52.25 | 8.77 | * | RLG < CG<NRG, NCG |
| Contrast CW | 25.96 | 7.04 | 24.29 | 9.81 | 23.9 | 8.29 | 20.3 | 5.83 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Contrast IS | 38.23 | 8.57 | 29.13 | 8.45 | 32.7 | 7.22 | 28.66 | 7.45 | * | RLG < CG < NRG, NCG |
| VFT | ||||||||||
| Letter fl.LF | 46.27 | 10.86 | 43.25 | 10.77 | 46.2 | 15.22 | 48.93 | 12.37 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Cat.fl.CF | 48.64 | 10 | 46.42 | 7.91 | 52.6 | 4.39 | 53.39 | 8.86 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Cat.sw.CS | 14.36 | 2.54 | 14.5 | 3.18 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 15.39 | 1.99 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| TMT | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG | |||||||||
| Visu.scan.VS | 18.91 | 4.93 | 19.75 | 3.67 | 18.2 | 3.96 | 16.36 | 4.09 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Num.seq.NS | 28.63 | 7.41 | 30.25 | 11.72 | 24.2 | 4.6 | 24.46 | 6.55 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Letter.seq.LS | 26.46 | 7.08 | 26.67 | 7.05 | 22.4 | 6.11 | 24.36 | 7.75 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Nu/le.seq.NLS | 69.09 | 16.16 | 71.17 | 19.65 | 66.6 | 19.54 | 63.07 | 20.18 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Mot.speed.MS | 21.46 | 6.85 | 18.17 | 5.89 | 20.8 | 7.4 | 18.82 | 6.52 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| T2-FOLLOW UP ASSESMENT | ||||||||||
| CWIT | ||||||||||
| Color na.C | 30.46 | 4.37 | 27.25 | 2.77 | 28.4 | 4.51 | 26.82 | 4.04 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Word re.W | 23.27 | 2.65 | 21.92 | 2.64 | 21.6 | 5.41 | 20.04 | 2.63 | ** | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Inhib.CW | 49.64 | 6.44 | 45.5 | 4.4 | 43.8 | 13.55 | 41.93 | 6.69 | ** | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Inhib/sw.IS | 60.54 | 7.29 | 51.42 | 7.56 | 53.8 | 13.16 | 48.32 | 9.21 | * | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| Contrast CW | 22.77 | 5.49 | 20.92 | 4.24 | 18.8 | 9.41 | 18.5 | 5.69 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Contrast IS | 33.68 | 5.24 | 26.83 | 7.11 | 28.8 | 9.34 | 24.89 | 8.15 | * | RLG < CG, NRG, NCG |
| VFT | ||||||||||
| Letter fl.LF | 50.91 | 12.99 | 45.67 | 13.02 | 49.6 | 9.4 | 52.82 | 12.74 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Cat.fl.CF | 48.64 | 10.71 | 49.5 | 8.89 | 50 | 10.42 | 54.75 | 8.61 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Cat.sw.CS | 16.27 | 3.26 | 14.5 | 2.58 | 15.8 | 1.79 | 15.89 | 2.44 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| TMT | RLG, N = 11 | NRG, N = 12 | NCG, N = 4 | CG, N = 28 | ||||||
| Visu.scan.VS | 17 | 2.79 | 17.92 | 2.54 | 20.5 | 2.526 | 15.86 | 3.57 | *** | RLG, NRG, CG > NCG |
| Num.seq.NS | 25.18 | 10.61 | 24.67 | 6.92 | 22.75 | 3.59 | 19 | 5.75 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Letter.seq.LS | 21 | 4.45 | 22.58 | 7.57 | 19.5 | 5.45 | 20.21 | 5.32 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Nu/le.seq.NLS | 63.27 | 11.87 | 64.25 | 19.19 | 54.5 | 25.63 | 53.43 | 18.38 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
| Mot.speed.MS | 18.73 | 5.58 | 15.25 | 4.45 | 19 | 7.53 | 17.68 | 6.52 | NS | RLG, CG, NRG, NCG |
Mean (M), standard devation (SD) and statistics (Sig., Post-hoc).
*
Significant at the p < 0.01.
**
Significant at the p < 0.025.
***
Significant at the p < 0.05; NS, no sig.differences between groups.