Table 3.
Social cognition battery performances obtained by patients with DM1.
| Social cognition battery | DM1 patients* |
|---|---|
| Emotion attribution test | |
| Sadness mean (SD) cutoff ≥6 | 5.63 (2.25) |
| Fear mean (SD) cutoff ≥8 | 8.43 (1.04) |
| Embarrassment mean (SD) cutoff ≥8 | 4.10 (3.59) |
| Disgust mean (SD) cutoff ≥2 | 2.36 (0.99) |
| Happiness mean (SD) cutoff ≥10 | 7.76 (1.81) |
| Anger mean (SD) cutoff ≥6 | 3.76 (2.34) |
| Envy mean (SD) cutoff ≥1 | 2.16 (1.05) |
| Social situations test | |
| Recognition of normal situations mean (SD) cutoff ≥13 | 12.68 (1.83) |
| Recognition of aberrant behavior mean (SD) cutoff ≥22 | 21.34 (2.24) |
| Severity of Aberrant Behavior mean (SD) cutoff ≥45 | 44.34 (8.23) |
| Moral/conventional distinction test | |
| Moral behavior | |
| Behavior not permitted mean (SD) cutoff ≥6 | 6.0 (0.0) |
| Severity of aberrant behavior mean (SD) cutoff ≥39 | 53.52 (6.29) |
| Behavior not permitted with no rules mean (SD) cutoff ≥11 | 11.32 (1.65) |
| Conventional behavior | |
| Behavior not permitted mean (SD) cutoff ≥5 | 8.89 (2.43) |
| Severity of aberrant behavior mean (SD) cutoff ≥20 | 39.46 (10.6) |
| Behavior not permitted with no rules mean (SD) cutoff ≥6 | 5.39 (0.62) |
This table shows performance's scores (mean and standard deviation) obtained by DM1 patients in each test of the Social Cognition Battery (24). Italian normative cutoffs are reported. The patients' pathological performances are shown in bold font. DM1, myotonic dystrophy type 1.
*
Performances scores in DM1 patients were evaluated using the Italian normative cutoff (24). Pathological performances are highlighted in bold characters.