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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 May 4;63(5):977–982. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13383

Table 1. Neuropsychological Test Results by Delirium Status.

Overall Cohort
N=300
No Delirium
N=218
Delirium
N=82
Score (SD) N (%) impaired Score (SD) N (%) impaired Score (SD) N (%) impaired
Trail-making Test A 42.3 (15.4) 24 (8) 42.0 (15.9) 18 (8) 43.1 (13.9) 6 (7)
Trail-making Test B 115.9 (57.3) 30 (10) 111.1 (54.8) 18 (8) 128.7 (61.8) 12 (15)
FAS Fluency 34.7 (12.7) 45 (15) 35.4 (13.3) 32 (15) 32.9 (11.1) 13 (16)
Category Fluency 21.3 (6.0) 37 (12) 21.8 (6.3) 25 (11) 19.9 (5.1) 12 (15)
VSAT 43.0 (9.5) 52 (17) 43.9 (9.4) 30 (14) 40.7 (9.5) 22 (27)
HVLT-R – Trial 1 5.4 (1.7) 38 (13) 5.6 (1.7) 26 (12) 5.0 (1.5) 12 (15)
HVLT-R – Trial 2 7.5 (2.0) 46 (15) 7.7 (2.0) 30 (14) 7.0 (1.9) 16 (20)
HVLT-R – Trial 3 8.4 (2.1) 50 (17) 8.6 (2.0) 30 (14) 7.8 (2.2) 20 (24)
HVLT-R – Discrimination 9.8 (1.9) 34 (11) 9.9 (1.9) 22 (10) 9.8 (1.8) 12 (15)
HVLT-R – Delayed Recall 7.3 (2.8) 25 (8) 7.4 (2.7) 17 (8) 6.8 (2.8) 8 (10)
Digit Span Forward 6.4 (1.3) 78 (26) 6.5 (1.3) 55 (25) 6.3 (1.2) 23 (28)
Digit Span Backward 4.6 (1.2) 45 (15) 4.7 (1.3) 34 (16) 4.5 (1.0) 11 (13)
Boston Naming Test 13.4 (2.0) 30 (10) 13.5 (2.0) 18 (8) 13.0 (2.1) 12 (15)
RBANS Digit Symbol Substitution 35.8 (9.8) 36 (12) 36.3 (9.9) 27 (12) 34.2 (9.2) 9 (11)
WTAR 38.0 (9.5) 44 (15) 38.6 (9.2) 29 (13) 36.3 (10.0) 15 (18)

SD = standard deviation; VSAT = visual search and attention test; HVLT-R = Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Revised; RBANS = Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; WTAR = Wechsler Test of Adult Reading. For Trails A and B, a higher score indicates worse performance; for all other measures a lower score indicates worse performance.

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Please refer to Appendix Table 1 for detailed information regarding each neuropsychological test.