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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Mar 6;11(2):223–230. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.03.007

Table 2.

Mean neuropsychological test scores of the heart failure sample

Test	n	Range of scale scores	Mean (standard deviation)	t(df)	p
RBANS Immediate Memory Index	80	53–120	88.50 (16.11)	−6.386 (79)	< 0.001**
RBANS Visual Constructional Index	80	64–132	100.13 (16.67)	0.067 (79)	0.947
RBANS Language Index	80	67–123	94.11 (10.62)	−4.961 (79)	< 0.001^*
RBANS Attention Index	80	23–135	89.45 (18.23)	−5.177 (79)	< 0.001^*
RBANS Delayed Memory Index	80	45–122	94.20 (15.43)	−3.363 (79)	< 0.001^*
RBANS Total Scale	80	56–128	94.11 (14.12)	−5.631 (79)	< 0.001^*
Letter Fluency^a (≤59)	12	5–20	10.27 (4.63)	−5.538 (10)	< 0.001^*
Letter fluency^a (60–69)	15	3–18	8.67 (5.18)	−5.710 (14)	< 0.001^*
Letter fluency^a (70–79)	33	1–21	10.00 (4.56)	−7.429 (32)	< 0.001^*
Letter fluency^a (≥80)	20	2–20	9.00 (4.57)	−4.898 (19)	< 0.001^*
Trail Making A	79	2–18	9.09 (2.83)	−2.238 (78)	0.028^*
Trail Making B	79	2–17	9.72 (3.21)	−0.495 (78)	0.622

Letter fluency values represent raw scores.

Significant at p < 0.05.