Skip to main content
. 2021 Nov 26;24(5):781–793. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab275

Table 3 .

Frequency of Patients Showing a Decrease, Stability or Increase of Their Cognitive Performances in Each Neurocognitive Task

TESTS N Frequency
Decrease and no decrease Stability and improvement
ΔΖ<−1 ΔΖ>−1 ΔΖ[−1;1] ΔΖ>1
Executives functions (Average of the domain) 14.71 85.30 76.15 9.14
TMTB 155 10.97 89.03 84.52 4.52
TMT B-A 155 12.26 87.74 78.06 9.68
STROOP interference 149 12.75 87.25 82.55 4.70
STROOP I-N 149 12.75 87.25 77.85 9.40
Forward span 131 15.27 84.73 76.34 8.40
Backward span 131 10.69 89.31 76.34 12.98
Phonological fluency 153 19.61 80.39 65.36 15.03
Categorical fluency 154 23.38 76.62 68.18 8.44
Social cognition
RMET 59 18.64 81.36 66.10 15.25
Psychomotor speed and attention (Average of the domain) 11.21 88.79 84.34 4.45
Codes 123 8.13 91.87 87.80 4.07
TMT A 155 7.74 92.26 88.39 3.87
STROOP naming 153 13.07 86.93 82.35 4.58
STROOP reading 151 15.89 84.11 78.81 5.30
Visuospatial functioning (Average of the domain) 6.28 93.72 86.37 7.35
R&T: Copy 125 6.40 93.60 91.20 2.40
Bell test: omissions 130 6.15 93.85 81.54 12.31
Language (Average of the domain) 12.91 87.09 77.15 9.94
DO80 69 15.94 84.06 82.61 1.45
PPTT 69 5.80 94.20 75.36 18.84
Reading text 61 16.39 83.61 78.69 4.92
Regular words 61 14.75 85.25 62.30 22.95
Irregular words 61 1.64 98.36 95.08 3.28
Pseudo-words 61 22.95 77.05 68.85 8.20
Verbal episodic memory (Average of the domain) 9.61 90.39 84.23 6.16
Encoding 88 4.55 95.45 94.32 1.14
Immediate free recall 1 (FR1) 88 17.05 82.95 62.50 20.45
Immediate free recall 2 (FR2) 85 12.94 87.06 80.00 7.06
Immediate free recall 3 (FR3) 81 11.11 88.89 79.01 9.88
Total recall 1 (TR1) 86 16.28 83.72 79.07 4.65
Total recall 2 (TR2) 84 3.57 96.43 95.24 1.19
Total recall 3 (TR3) 81 1.23 98.77 96.30 2.47
Delayed free recall (DFR) 81 17.28 82.72 77.78 4.94
Delayed total recall (DTR) 81 2.47 97.53 93.83 3.70
Nonverbal memory (Average of the domain) 23.20 76.80 53.60 23.20
R&T: immediate recall 91 24.18 75.82 51.65 24.18
R&T: delayed recall 90 22.22 77.78 55.56 22.22
Overall, all domain 13.80 86.21 75.42 10.80

DO80: Dénomination orale d’images, PPTT: Pyramid and palm tree test, TMT: Trail making test, R&T Rey or Complex Figure, WAIS-IV: Wechsler adult intelligence scale IV, RMET: Read the mind in the eyes task, FR: Free Recall, TR: Total recall, DFR: Delayed Free Recall; DTR: Delayed Total Recall.