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Table 2 Differences between baseline and follow-up assessments on insight and neuropsychological variables.

From: Insight dimensions and cognitive function in psychosis: a longitudinal study

 

BASELINE ASSESSMENT

FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT

STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t-pair test

p

Insight Measures# ITAQ (total score)

12.26

7.58

16.21

7.61

-4.54

.001

SUMD

      

Lack of Awareness, total score

      

   Current illness

2,66

1.36

2.45

1.15

1.69

.10

   Past illness

2.63

1.22

2.39

1.20

1.02

.31

Mistaken Attribution, total score Current illness

2.65

1.33

2.97

1.12

-.79

.43

   Past illness

2.53

1.26

2.83

1.28

-.26

.79

   AMDP

      

Lack of feeling of illness

1.42

1.12

1.01

1.14

3.12

.003

Lack of Insigt

1.64

1.15

1.30

1.08

2.30

.02

Refusal of treatment

.82

.99

.41

.83

2.46

.01

Neuropsychological Tests

      

Information (WAIS)

11.04

2.46

11.87

2.54

-3.82

.001

Word Fluency

15.97

4.64

17.51

5.71

-2.06

.04

Stroop Interference

42.41

7.72

46.39

6.09

-4.12

.001

Perseverative Responses (WCST)

30.81

22.50

26.53

22.51

2.29

.02

Number of Categories (WCST)

3.88

1.97

4.06

2.03

-.72

.47

Trailb Making Test B (Seconds)

186.96

117.30

177.23

169.32

-.41

.68

Inmediate Verbal Memory

11.74

3.81

13.30

4.06

-2.69

.01

Delayed Verbal Memory

11.72

4.19

14.13

4.44

-3.94

.001

  1. *Critical p value after Bonferroni correction (1 × 23) p ≤ 0.0021 (in bold)
  2. # Higher scores on ITAQ. Lower scores in awareness into symptoms and attribution scales of SUMD scale and AMDP items reflected better insight.
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BMC Psychiatry

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