Table 1.
Demographics, mood and global metacognitive characteristics of functional cognitive disorder participants compared with the normative sample
| FCD participants (n = 18) | Normative dataa (n = 401) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attribute | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Statisticb |
| Age | 49.2 (13.6) | 24–66 | 71.4 (8.9) | 39–91 | t = 10.08, df = 417, P < 0.0001 |
| Gender, male, n (%) | 10 (56) | 116 (29) | χ 2 = 5.81, P = 0.02 | ||
| PHQ-9c | 11.5 (5.6) | 3–25 | |||
| GAD-7c | 7.0 (4.8) | 0–20 | |||
| MMQ-Satisfactionc | 26.9 (11.9) | 12–56 | 43.9 (13.7) | 7–72 | t = 5.04, df = 416, P < 0.0001 |
| MMQ-Abilityc | 30.4 (14.7) | 12–50 | 48.8 (11.2) | 0–80 | t = 6.54, df = 416, P < 0.0001 |
| MMQ-Strategyc | 36.8 (11.9) | 19–57 | 37.3 (10.4) | 1–64 | t = 0.19, df = 416, P = 0.85 |
GAD-7, Generalised anxiety disorder-7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; MMQ, Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire.
a
Normative MMQ data.23
b
Independent t-tests (MMQ data and age) and χ2 (gender) were used to compare FCD participants with normative MMQ data.
c
n = 17.