Table 3.
Cognitve performance at T3.
| Groups at T3 (M/F) | Depression group n = 23 (11/12) | Control group n = 20 (9/11) | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-KEFS measure | M (SD) | Change score from T2 n = 22 | M (SD) | Change score from T2 | F(1, 41) | p | eta sq. |
| Color word interference test | |||||||
| Color naming | 29.87 (4.68) | −0.55 | 26 (4.63) | 0.5 | **7.37 | <0.01 | 0.152 |
| Word reading | 22.52 (3.3) | 0.5 | 18.9 (2.43) | 0.95 | ***16.37 | <0.000 | 0.285 |
| Inhibition | 48.04 (8.28) | −0.95 | 41 (5.91) | 0.1 | ***10.02 | <0.001 | 0.196 |
| Inhibition/switching | 56.13 (7.52) | −0.41 | 48.65 (9.58) | −1.05 | ***8.22 | <0.001 | 0.167 |
| Inhibition contrast | 21.85 (6.38) | −0.52 | 18.55 (5.57) | −0.625 | 3.13 | 0.084 | 0.071 |
| Inhibition/switching contrast | 29.93 (5.64) | −0.52 | 26.2 (8.29) | −1.78 | 3.05 | 0.088 | 0.069 |
| Verbal fluency | |||||||
| Letter fluencyhs | 50.78 (11.48) | −1.27 | 55.2 (10.51) | −0.4 | 1.71 | 0.198 | 0.040 |
| Category fluencyhs | 48.48 (10.18) | 0.27 | 51.75 (9.68) | 3.1 | 1.16 | 0.288 | 0.027 |
| Category switchinghs | 14.96 (2.2) | 0.32 | 15.4 (2.32) | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.527 | 0.010 |
| Trail making test | |||||||
| Visual scanning | 17.91 (4.5) | 0.5 | 15.25 (2.88) | 1 | *5.15 | 0.029 | 0.112 |
| Number sequencing | 24.04 (8.47) | 1.95 | 17.3 (4.92) | 2.55* | **9.78 | 0.003 | 0.193 |
| Letter sequencing | 24.17 (8.95) | −1.5 | 17.2 (3.37) | 2.55 | **10.78 | 0.002 | 0.203 |
| Number letter switching | 62.96 (18.95) | 0.045 | 50.1 (15.26) | 2.65 | *5.88 | 0.02 | 0.126 |
| Motor speed | 20.13 (9.68) | −0.86 | 16.8 (5.02) | 1.45 | 1.91 | 0.174 | 0.045 |
| Contrast number letter switching | 41.39 (15.33) | 0.02 | 33.46 (14.43) | 0.76 | 3.02 | 0.09 | 0.069 |
M/F, Males/Females; n, Number of participants; M, Mean (seconds to complete task, except for verbal fluency); SD, Standard Deviation; Df, Degrees of freedom
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001,
high score indicate high performance in these conditions (words generated).