Table 3.
Mean scores on subjective and objective cognitive evaluations (ANOVA).
| Subjective and Objective Cognitive Assessments | Pre-C/T Cancer Patients (N = 68) |
Post-C/T Cancer Patients (N = 35) |
Non-Cancer Controls (N =30) |
ANOVA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | p | η2 | Post Hoc Tests ‡ | |
| Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Cognitive Scale (FACT-Cog) | 119.26 (10.54) | 118.58 (10.11) | 116.13 (16.25) | 0.485 | 0.011 | |
| Perceived Cognitive Impairment | 66.03 (6.41) | 65.83 (6.25) | 64.50 (9.70) | 0.615 | 0.007 | |
| Comments from Others | 15.71 (0.89) | 15.56 (0.81) | 15.27 (1.82) | 0.201 | 0.024 | |
| Perceived Cognitive Abilities | 22.13 (3.73) | 21.81 (3.48) | 21.30 (4.79) | 0.624 | 0.007 | |
| Impact of Perceived Cognitive Impairments on Quality of Life | 15.39 (1.96) | 15.39 (1.42) | 15.07 (2.16) | 0.714 | 0.005 | |
| Attention function | ||||||
| Digit Span | 11.25 (2.97) | 11.02 (3.38) | 12.01 (2.92) | 0.393 | 0.014 | |
| Color Trails Test 1 | 51.52 (19.99) | 49.26 (22.89) | 47.27 (19.05) | 0.623 | 0.007 | |
| Executive function | ||||||
| Semantic Association of Verbal Fluency | 38.91 (8.22) | 37.33 (8.65) | 44.43 (8.22) | 0.002 * | 0.090 | Control > pre-C/T Control > post-C/T |
| Orthographical Fluency Test | 17.59 (7.71) | 17.60 (7.82) | 20.44 (5.84) | 0.178 | 0.026 | |
| Color Trails Test 2 | 98.20 (34.75) | 98.84 (35.08) | 88.67 (29.77) | 0.380 | 0.014 | |
| Memory function | ||||||
| Word List—Total immediate recall | 9.94 (2.50) | 9.67 (2.77) | 10.93 (2.94) | 0.132 | 0.030 | |
| Word List—Long-delay recall | 10.59 (2.55) | 10.61 (2.53) | 10.97 (2.68) | 0.782 | 0.004 | |
| Word List—Recognition | 11.07 (2.39) | 11.44 (2.27) | 11.23 (2.21) | 0.734 | 0.005 | |
| Visuospatial construction | ||||||
| Block Design | 9.33 (3.00) | 8.75 (3.38) | 9.67 (3.20) | 0.480 | 0.011 | |
| Processing speed | ||||||
| Digit Symbol Substitution | 10.26 (2.73) | 10.36 (2.66) | 11.13 (2.93) | 0.335 | 0.016 | |
| Prospective memory | ||||||
| Event-based | 4.07 (1.32) | 3.87 (0.32) | 3.87 (0.43) | 0.487 | 0.011 | |
| Time-based | 3.34 (0.84) | 3.34 (0.79) | 3.53 (0.73) | 0.517 | 0.010 | |
‡ Significant difference after Bonferroni correction; * p < 0.05.