Table 4.
Neuropsychological test results, SCL-90 and BRIEF (12 months, raw scores).
| Encephalitis (n=11) Mean (SD) | Meningitis (n=13) Mean (SD) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuropsychological test battery | ||||
| Attention | Ruff 2&7 Total Accuracya | 94.9 ± 13.5 | 102.9 ± 8.6 | ns |
| Digit span Totala | 24.0 ± 8.8 | 28.7 ± 6.1 | ns | |
| Psychomotor speed | Ruff 2&7 Total Speeda | 84.6 ± 33.1 | 94.9 ± 19.2 | ns |
| Trail Making test 1b | 24.6 ± 8.3 | 17.8 ± 6.4 | ns | |
| Trail making test 2b | 41.6 ± 28.2 | 27.4 ± 7.3 | 0.008 | |
| Trail making test 3b | 43.4 ± 37.0 | 28.3 ± 9.0 | 0.019 | |
| Color word interference test 1b | 34.7 ± 8.4 | 27.3 ± 3.5 | 0.010 | |
| Color word interference test 2b | 24.6 ± 4.6 | 20.8 ± 4.6 | ns | |
| Digit symbola | 57.5 ± 16.8 | 72.6 ± 13.2 | ns | |
| Fine motor speed | Pegboard Dominant Handb | 76.5 ± 18.3 | 60.0 ± 5.2 | <0.001 |
| Pegboard Non-dominant Handb | 83.6 ± 25.1 | 67.1 ± 8.5 | 0.028 | |
| Verbal learning and memory | CVLT Total learninga | 53.6 ± 11.3 | 64.9 ± 7.4 | 0.040 |
| CVLT short term memorya | 11.0 ± 4.0 | 14.4 ± 2.1 | 0.005 | |
| CVLT long term memorya | 11.9 ± 3.1 | 15.0 ± 1.5 | 0.008 | |
| CVLT recognitiona | 15.2 ± 1.1 | 15.7 ± 0.6 | 0.038 | |
| CVLT false positivea | 1.6 ± 3.9 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.022 | |
| Visual learning and memory | BVMT Total learninga | 23.9 ± 8.1 | 27.9 ± 4.7 | 0.049 |
| BVMT long term memory a | 9.6 ± 2.2 | 10.5 ± 1.3 | ns | |
| Vocabulary (total correct) | Vocabularya | 31.3 ± 12.0 | 40.0 ± 7.9 | ns |
| Visuospatial function | Block designa | 41.7 ± 13.7 | 45.9 ± 9.8 | ns |
| Executive function | Trail making test 4b | 52.1 ± 16.5 | 77.1 ± 31.1 | ns |
| Color word interference test 3b | 70.6 ± 18.1 | 49.5 ± 2.9 | 0.011 | |
| Color word interference test 4b | 71.5 ± 15.7 | 58.4 ± 11.0 | ns | |
| Word Fluency test FASa | 42.4 ± 14.5 | 51.0 ± 14.5 | ns | |
| Symptom burden | ||||
| SCL-90a | SCL-90 somatization | 8.5 ± 12.1 | 5.2 ± 6.8 | ns |
| SCL-90 obsessive compulsive | 5.7 ± 4.9 | 5.0 ± 5.7 | ns | |
| SCL-90 interpersonal sensitivity | 1.8 ± 2.2 | 1.9 ± 2.1 | ns | |
| SCL-90 depression | 3.6 ± 4.7 | 5.4 ± 7.4 | ns | |
| SCL-90 anxiety | 1.9 ± 3.0 | 3.1 ± 3.8 | ns | |
| SCL-90 hostility | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 1.7 ± 2.2 | 0.021 | |
| SCL-90 phobia | 0.5 ± 0.9 | 0.5 ± 1.0 | ns | |
| SCL-90 paranoid anxiety | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 1.1 | ns | |
| SCL-90 psychoticism | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 1.1 ± 1.4 | ns | |
| SCL-90 GSI | 26.5 ± 28.0 | 28.0 ± 8.3 | ns | |
| BRIEFa |
BRIEF-A Behavioural Regulation Index |
36.7 ± 5.9 | 36.3 ± 5.1 | ns |
|
BRIEF-A Metacognition Index BRIEF-A Global Executive |
50.4 ± 10.4 87.1 ± 15.8 |
50.6 ± 10.9 83.1 ± 13.8 |
ns ns |
|
Raw scores of test given as apoints, and bseconds CVLT: Californian Verbal Learning Test, BVMT: Brief Visuospatial Memory Test, BRIEF: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, SCL: Symptom Checklist 90.