Table 3 Mean score ± sd at Neuropsychological Tests in remitted and non-remitted patients according to different criteria

MMSE Total score

SWGC*

26.80 (2.71)

25.02 (4.42)

t(110) = 2.576,p = .011/0.485

PANSS PNS**

27.33 (2.61)

25.15 (4.06)

t(110) = 3.033,p = .003/0.638

PANSS TS***

27.62 (2.47)

25.40 (3.93)

t(110) = 2.713,p = .008/0.676

BACS list learning

SWGC*

9.31 (4.77)

9.92 (4.59)

t(99) = −.652,p = 0.516/NA°

PANSS PNS**

9.10 (5.24)

9.89 (4.35)

t(99) = −.806,p = 0.422/NA°

PANSS TS***

8.62 (5.42)

9.94 (4.38)

t(99) = 1.236,p = 0.219/NA°

BACS Digit sequencing task

SWGC*

14.75 (6.06)

11.26 (6.19)

t(99) = 2.86,p = .005/0.571

PANSS PNS**

16.30 (5.65)

11.23 (6.01)

t(99) = 4.112p < .0001/0.969

PANSS TS***

17.31 (5.47)

11.56 (5.98)

t(99) = 4.247p < .0001/1.00

BACS Verbal Fluency/category istances

SWGC*

9.89 (4.98)

8.10 (4.96)

t(99) = 1.801,p = .075/0.360

PANSS PNS**

10.66 (4.27)

8.10 (5.20)

t(99) = 2.479,p = .014/0.538

PANSS TS***

10.75 (4.21)

8.40 (5.16)

t(99) = 2.056,p = .042/0.499

BACS Verbal FluencyControlled Oral Words ass.test

SWGC*

15.05 (3.89)

14.50 (5.49)

t(99) = 0.569 p = .571/NA°

PANSS PNS**

15.46 (4.31)

14.41 (4.96)

t(99) = 1.061 p = .27/NA°

PANSS TS***

15.21 (4.89)

14.63 (4.73)

t(99) = 0.536 p = .593/NA°

BACS Symbol coding

SWGC*

32.60 (13.64)

28.60 (12.29)

t(99) = 1.549,p = 0.125/NA°

PANSS PNS**

36.10 (12.87)

27.67 (12.29)

t(99) = 3.228,p = .002/0.669

PANSS TS***

37.85 (12.48)

28.20 (12.43)

t(99) = 3.263,p = .001/0.774

BACS Tower of London

SWGC*

11.38 (5.98)

9.5 (6.53)

t(99) = 1.445,p = 0.152/NA°

PANSS PNS**

12.80 (5.44)

9.25 (6.33)

t(99) = 2.815,p = .006/0.601

PANSS TS***

13.16 (5.65)

9.60 (6.21)

t (99) = 2.536,p = .013/0.599