Table 3.
ANCOVA results for performance differences between healthy control (HC) and breast cancer (BC) groups assessed by traditional neuropsychological tests and CogState tests, controlled for age, race, and mood.
| Outcome | HC (n = 27) | BC (n=26) | F | Df | p | ηp2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
| Processing Speed | ||||||||
| WAIS-IV PSI | 1.23 | 0.90 | 0.77 | 0.90 | 1.01 | 1,48 | 0.32 | 0.02 |
| CogState DET | −0.55 | 0.74 | −0.88 | 0.80 | 2.62 | 1,48 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Attention | ||||||||
| WAIS-IV DSF | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 1.63 | 1,48 | 0.21 | 0.03 |
| CogState IDN | −0.72 | 0.91 | −1.08 | 0.97 | 1.44 | 1,48 | 0.24 | 0.03 |
| Learning/Memory | ||||||||
| HVLT-R | 0.66 | 0.84 | −0.11 | 1.29 | 2.04 | 1,47 | 0.16 | 0.04 |
| CogState OCL | −0.01 | 0.91 | −0.19 | 0.89 | 0.54 | 1,48 | 0.54 | 0.01 |
| Working Memory | ||||||||
| WAIS-IV DSB | 0.63 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 6.70 | 1,48 | 0.01** | 0.12 |
| CogState ONB | 0.52 | 0.82 | −0.22 | 1.05 | 6.23 | 1,48 | 0.02* | 0.11 |
**
p ≤ .01
*
p ≤ .05.
Note. For ease of interpretation, all scores converted to Z scores with higher scores indicating better performance.