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. 2017 Jun 22;19(11):1532–1541. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox117

Table 5.

Cognitive impairment and information preferences in patients with malignant glioma

Prognosis Is Important to Know (N = 30) Prognosis Not Important to Know (N = 20) P-value
N % N %
TMT Part A: z ≤ −1.5 20 67 13 68 0.90
TMT Part B: z ≤ −1.5 22 73 13 68 0.71
COWA Total 19 63 9 47 0.27
HVLT-R Total: z ≤ −1.5 23 77 9 47 0.04
HVLT-R Delay: z ≤ −1.5 26 87 12 63 0.06
HVLT-R Discrimination Index: z < −1.5 18 60 5 28 0.03
Wants More Prognostic Information (N = 21) Has Enough Prognostic Information (N = 29) P-value
N % N %
TMT Part A: z ≤ −1.5 15 71 17 65 0.66
TMT Part B: z ≤ −1.5 16 76 18 60 0.60
COWA Total 13 62 14 54 0.58
HVLT-R Total: z ≤ −1.5 17 81 14 54 0.05
HVLT-R Delay: z ≤ −1.5 18 86 20 76 0.71
HVLT-R Discrimination Index: z ≤ −1.5 15 71 7 28 0.003

Abbreviations: TMT, Trail-Making Test; COWA, Controlled Oral Word Association; HVLT-R, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test–Revised.