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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2014 Jul 2;76(2):279–295. doi: 10.1002/ana.24204

Table 3.

Mean change in non-motor measures from OFF induced by worse-side, right and left brain subthalamic nucleus (STN DBS).

Outcome
Measure
and DBS
Side
Number of
Participants
with improved
scores
Number of
Participants
Mean
difference
from OFF
DBS
Standard
deviation
t statistic p-
value
Cognition
SDR (error in mm)
Worse 20 39 0.09 0.30 1.93 0.061
Right 19 44 0.08 0.38 1.37 0.180
Left 17 39 0.01 0.23 0.30 0.764
Go/No-Go (Pr)
Worse 11 23 −0.04 0.26 −0.74 0.47
Right 13 27 −0.01 0.17 −0.43 0.67
Left 13 22 −0.11 0.29 −1.83 0.08

Psychiatric
Valence
Worse 18 23 0.24 0.35 3.33 0.003
Right 16 24 0.13 0.34 1.86 0.076
Left 18 22 0.27 0.36 3.54 0.002
Arousal
Worse 9 23 0.01 0.39 0.11 0.910
Right 13 24 −0.04 0.21 −0.87 0.400
Left 8 23 0.00 0.40 −0.003 1.000
Anxiety
Worse 19 25 −10.57 25.58 −2.07 0.050
Right 19 26 −6.41 21.52 −1.52 0.140
Left 16 23 −13.20 25.05 −2.53 0.020
Apathy a
Worse 16 25 11.64 29.59 1.97 0.060
Right 15 27 0.26 25.57 0.05 0.958
Left 14 24 12.38 35.25 1.72 0.100
Akathisia b
Worse 14 25 −4.20 27.08 −0.78 0.446
Right 16 27 1.37 18.26 0.39 0.700
Left 13 24 −5.96 28.08 −1.04 0.309

SDR, spatial delayed response task; mm, millimeter; Pr, ability to discriminate between ‘Go’ and ‘No-Go’ stimuli.

a

Positive mean difference score for apathy indicates decreased apathy/increased motivation.

b

Negative mean difference score for akithisia indicates decreased restlessness.