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. 2019 Apr;14(2):113–119.

Table 2.

Neurocognitive Profile of the Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder and Control Group

Variable
(measures)
Mean
(SD)
test Tukey
Post Hoc
Cohen d
BPD BD-II Healthy
group
f p A vs. B B vs. C A vs. C
Cognitive
(flexibility WCST)
and set-shifting
No, of
categories
3.06
(1.34)
3.92
(1.89)
5.41
(1.2)
8.37 0.001 A=B<C 0.15 0.50 0.24
Perseverative
errors
6.31
(2.26)
5.61
(3.66)
1.41
(1.5)
9.94 0/000 A=B>C 1.00 0.49 0.84
Response
inhibition
(SCWT)
Interference
time
69.11
(88.10)
52.50
(100.65)
36.90
(68.44)
3.211 0.051 A=B>C 0.88 0.03 0.67
Corrects 79.78
(12.43)
81.18
(21.32)
109.80
(1.93)
4.148 0.041 A=B<C 0.85 0.73 0.14
Problem-solving
(TOL)
Total moves 26.58
(11.29)
18.85 (9.92) 19.40 (5.75) 3.024 0.060 A=B=C 0.11 0.03 0.21
Total time 728.52
(481.29)
636.38
(538.05)
442.10
(209.93)
1.203 0.283 A=B=C 0.23 0.32 0.35
Test time 416.31
(226.38)
311.38
(325.94)
256.50
(161.10)
1.522 0.231 A=B=C 0.76 0.61 0.33
Errors 19.21
(12.14)
8.92(9.73) 8.00 (6.58) 5.563 0.004 A>B=C 0.03 0.43 0.36
Total score 23.63 (6.94) 28.30(9.89) 32.30 (2.9) 4.760 0.014 A=B<C 0.26 0.62 0.02
Decision-
making (IGT)
Total reward 3770.59
(506.53)
4653.57
(390.49)
9800.00
(744.31)
4.351 0.015 A=B<C 0.81 0.67 0.24
Total
punishment
8160.29
(926.81)
8333.93
(604.20)
3343.18
(1443.39)
6.159 0.031 A=B>C 0.25 0.16 0.09
Total score 1610.39
(531.36)
1319.64
(358.57)
5456.82
(772.09)
6.047 0.036 A=B<C 0.48 0.41 0.20
Sustained and
selective attenti
on (CPT)
Omissions 3.84( 3.62) 3.1(3.7) 0.45( 0.52) 4.015 0.025 A=B>C 0.64 0.13 0.24
Commission 2.15 (2.83) 1.60 (1.99) 0.09 (0.30) 3.151 0.053 A>C;
B=A,C
0.47 0.27 0.62
Corrects 144.00
( 5.37)
145.26
(4.84)
149.45( 0.68) 5.231 0.009 A=B>C 0.56 0.49 0.35