Table 4. Comparison of Neuropsychological Variables in DMD Subjects on Follow-Up (n = 30) Using Paired t Test.
|
Cognitive Domain
and Neuropsychological Battery |
Neuropsychological Battery Variables |
DMD-Pre
Mean (SD) |
DMD-F
Mean (SD) |
t Value | P Value |
| COWA and ANT Executive Functioning Semantic Fluency Category Fluency |
COWA-K | 6.04 (3.65) | 6.07 (3.31) | –0.082 | 0.935 |
| COWA-M | 5.18 (3.76) | 5.57 (3.26) | –0.763 | 0.452 | |
| COWA-P | 4.57 (3.61) | 5.03 (3.15) | –1.045 | 0.305 | |
| COWA-Avg | 5.18 (3.48) | 5.45 (3.03) | –0.813 | 0.423 | |
| ANT | 9.60 (3.67) | 8.80 (3.26) | 1.046 | 0.304 | |
| Executive Functioning Cognitive Flexibility Cognitive Control Response Inhibition Interference |
Stroop-w | 52.14 (20.11) | 60.91 (20.70) | –2.523 | 0.020 |
| Stroop-C | 38.05 (13.78) | 47.50 (15.87) | –3.059 | 0.006 | |
| Stroop-CW | 23.79 (9.14) | 26.58 (14.98) | –1.138 | 0.267 | |
| Stroop effect 1 | 14.18 (9.70) | 18.50 (11.20) | –1.617 | 0.121 | |
| Stroop effect 2 | 0.48 (0.16) | 0.51 (0.26) | –0.650 | 0.522 | |
| Stroop effect 3 | 0.65 (0.20) | 0.61 (0.18) | 0.876 | 0.391 | |
| RCFT Visuo-constructive ability Visual short and long-term memory |
RCFT-Copy | 31.05 (6.70) | 32.52 (3.53) | –1.068 | 0.298 |
| RCFT-IR | 21.39 (8.87) | 23.98 (8.84) | –1.661 | 0.111 | |
| RCFT-DR | 21.05 (8.25) | 25.09 (6.11) | –3.417 | 0.003 |
Source: Authors’ own data.
Note: Bold values represent significant p values.