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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2013 Dec 16;23(6):626–633. doi: 10.1002/pon.3453

Table 1.

Baseline Differences in Demographic and Clinical Factors, and Cognitive Test Results by Treatment Group

DOMAIN TEST S (N=14) LE (N=25) HE (N=30) P-Value
Mean (SD)
Attention DSpan1 −0.2 (0.6) −0.1 (0.8) 0.03 (1.0) .672

Psychomotor Speed DSymbol1 0.4 (0.6) 0.3 (1.0) 0.3 (1.0) .944
TMTA1 0.7 (0.6) 0.3 (0.7) 0.1 (1.3) .787

Learning and Memory HVLT1 −0.4 (0.9) −1.2 (1.5) −1.1 (1.2) .561

Executive TMTB1 −0.2 (2.5) −0.4 (1.8) −0.8 (2.1) .427

Language COWA1 0.5 (0.9) 0.2 (0.9) 0.2 (1.0) .684

Motor GPD1 −0.2 (0.8) −0 .9 (1.0) −1.1 (1.7) .135
GPND1 −0.5 (0.9) −0.6 (0.9) −0.7 (1.1) .429

Age (years) 34.4 (5.7) 32.4 (7.4) 28.4 (7.5) .065

Education (years) 15.4 (1.9) 14.5 (3.1) 14.3 (2.6) .385

Depression CESD2 10.2 (9.7) 15.6 (11.5) 12.1 (10.3) .470

Anxiety STAIS1 0.6 (1.0) −0.3 (1.2) 0.1 (1.2) .103

% (N)
Stage of Disease
    Stage 1 92.9 (13) 76.0(19) 60.0 (18)
    Stage 2 7.1 (1) 16.0(4) 16.7 (5) .174
    Stage 3 0 (0) 8.0(2) 23.3 (7)

Note: S=Surveillance; LE=Low Exposure Chemotherapy; HE=High Exposure Chemotherapy

1

Z-score

2

Raw score

DSpan: WAIS-R Digit Span30, DSymbol: WAIS-R Digit Symbol30, TMTA: Trail Making Test A31, HVLT: Hopkins Verbal Learning Test32, TMTB: Trail Making Test B31, COWA: Controlled Oral Word Association33, GPD/ND: Lafayette Grooved Pegboard Dominant/Non-Dominant Hand34, CESD: Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression18, STAIS: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – State19