Table 2. Median [min, max] results of the standard neuropsychological assessment.
MannWhitney tests were used to compare the groups.
| Tasks | Subtests | Patients N = 12 |
Controls N = 25 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEMORY | ||||
| FCSRT - verbal | - Delayed total recall/16 - Recognition/48 |
10.0 (1, 16) 44.5 (5, 48) |
16.0 (15, 16) 48.0 (47, 48) |
<0.01 <0.01 |
| Logical memory - verbal | - Delayed recall (30 min)/50 - Recognition/30 |
16.5 (3, 37) 24.0 (16, 28) |
38.0 (24, 46) 28.0 (23, 30) |
<0.0001 <0.01 |
| Rey figure - visual | - Delayed recall (2 min)/36 | 19.8 (3, 32) | 27.0 (17, 34) | 0.053 |
| DMS 48 - visual | -Delayed forced-choice recognition (60 min)/48 | 47.5 (44, 48) | 47.0 (38, 48) | 0.36 |
| EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS | ||||
| Auditory-verbal span - Ss | 8.0 (4, 14) | 13.0 (9, 18) | <0.01 | |
| Visuospatial span (n = 11) - Ss | 11.0 (5, 16) | 13.0 (9, 19) | <0.05 | |
| Digit symbol - Ss | 9.5 (5, 12) | 12.0 (8, 18) | <0.01 | |
| Stroop | - Errors | 0 [0, 6] | 0 [0, 4] | 0.33 |
| Literal fluency (p) | - Number of words in 2 min | 15.5 (8, 23) | 26.0 (11, 42) | <0.0001 |
| Semantic fluency (animals) | - Number of words in 2 min | 22.5 (16, 40) | 42.0 (32, 61) | <0.0001 |
| LANGUAGE | ||||
| Confrontation naming/36 | 33.5 (26, 36) | 36.0 (35, 36) | <0.001 | |
| BEHAVIOUR | ||||
| Starkstein Apathy Scale/42 | 9.5 [0, 18] | 8.0 (1, 19) | 0.33 | |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 3.0 [0, 8] | 2.0 [0, 13] | 0.55 | |
| State-trait anxiety/80 (n = 11) | 38.0 (28, 51) | 40.0 (23, 57) | 0.69 | |
Note. Ss = scaled score. n = 11 indicates that one of the patient did not undergo this task.