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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: World J Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 14;19(2):142–151. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2017.1282173

Table 2. Group comparison on neuropsychological measures.

OCD M (SD) Controls M (SD) OCD N Controls N F(df) Sig Cohen's d
Processing Speed
 Coding scaled score 9.25 (3.75) 11.66 (2.87) 102 161 34.83 (1, 261) <.00 0.72
 Symbol Search scaled score 10.23 (3.40) 11.80 (2.90) 102 66 9.65 (1, 166) <.01 0.50
Visuospatial abilities
 RCFT copy accuracy 61.55 (4.28) 62.52 (7.36) 94 67 1.11 (1, 159) .29 0.16
 Block Design scaled score 10.76 (3.21) 13.70 (3.27) 102 161 50.75 (1, 261) <.00 0.91
Working Memory
 Digit Span scaled score 10.68 (3.03) 10.39 (3.00) 102 161 0.59 (1, 261) .44 0.10
 Arithmetic scaled score 11.15 (3.36) 12.58 (2.83) 102 161 13.90 (1, 261) <.00 0.46
Non-Verbal Memory
 RCFT delay accuracy 43.09 (10.64) 46.94 (12.11) 93 68 4.58 (1, 159) .03 0.34
Executive Functions
 Stroop Word (t score) 46.91 (7.11) 46.98 (7.10) 99 78 .01 (1, 175) .94 0.01
 Stroop Color (t score) 43.70 (8.25) 42.23 (7.62) 99 78 1.47 (1, 175) .23 0.19
 Stroop Color-Word (t score) 45.20 (8.51) 45.87 (9.61) 99 77 .24 (1, 174) .63 0.07
 Stroop Interference (t score) 48.78 (6.36) 50.51 (7.27) 99 77 2.82 (1, 174) .09 0.25
 WCST Categories Completed 4.88 (1.69) 5.00 (1.56) 64 62 .19 (1, 124) .67 0.07
 WCST Percent Perseverative Errors 14.44 (9.75) 14.00 (6.71) 63 62 .09 (1, 123) .77 0.05
 WCST Trials to Complete 1st Category 24.19 (27.48) 18.66 (20.60) 64 62 1.62 (1, 124) .20 0.23
 WCST Failure to maintain set .98 (1.15) 1.29 (1.27) 64 62 2.01 (1, 124) .16 0.26
 RCFT Copy Organization Score 8.27 (3.47) 8.93 (3.79) 95 68 1.30 (1, 161) .26 0.18
 RCFT Delayed Organization Score 6.57 (3.76) 8.04 (3.92) 94 68 5.81 (1, 160) .017 0.38

OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; RCFT, Rey complex figure test; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.