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. 2020 Oct 1;10(10):699. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100699

Table 4.

Mean scores for Perseverative Errors and Categories Completed in Studies Using the WCST-128.

Perseverative Errors: Number of Incorrect Matches in Sequence, Following the Same Incorrect Criterion
[14] 6 [27] 22.10 (mild TBI) 16.34 (healthy) [47] 41.7 (mild to severe TBI)
[15] 79 (severe TBI) [28] 8.4 (mild TBI)
0.08 (neurologically intact)
[49] 6.39 (mild TBI) 26.00 (severe TBI)
18.96 (moderate TBI)
[16] 30 (mild TBI) 30 (severe TBI)
11 (moderate TBI)
[31] 19.76 (mild TBI)
15.67 (healthy)
[39] 6.4 (moderate TBI)
0.5 (healthy)
[23] 19.83 (severe TBI) [33] 7.40 (moderate TBI) 0.06 (healthy)
31.67 (severe TBI)
[56] 31.32 virtual reality group at baseline
31.60 psychoeducation group at baseline
[24] 15.6 (moderate to severe TBI) [37] 89.42 raw scores (mild to moderate TBI)
[25] 10.8 (mild TBI) [45] 14.1 (severe TBI)
Categories Completed: Number of categories with a sequence of 10 consecutive correct matches
[14] 6 [24] 5 (moderate to severe) [37] 4.07
[15] 6 (severe TBI) [31] 4.07 (mild TBI)
4.53 (healthy)
[42] 4.85 controls
4.90/4.12 (mild TBI, good/poor effort)
4.57/4.38 (moderate to severe TBI, good/poor effort)
2.55 diffuse neurological impairment
[16] 3 (mild TBI) 4 (severe TBI)
5 (moderate TBI)
[32] 5.54 (severe TBI) [43] 3.6/3.6 (moderate to severe TBI, suicide attempt: no/yes)
3.9/4.1 (healthy, suicide attempt: no/yes)
[17] 4.5 (moderate to severe TBI) [33] 5.35 (moderate TBI) 6.00 (healthy)
3.00 (severe TBI)
[45] 5.1 (severe TBI)
[20] 4.77 [34] 5.17(severe TBI) 5.8 (healthy) [46] Weighted mean = 0.354 (mild TBI)
[23] 3.04 (severe TBI) [36] 4.85 (severe TBI) 5.65 (healthy) [49] 4.95 (mild TBI) 2.50 (severe TBI)
4.00 (moderate TBI)