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Table 7 Level of the individual cognitive functions—differences between patients with schizophrenia (N = 128) versus the control group (N = 68)

From: Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia across age groups: a case–control study

Scale

Schizophrenia (N = 128)

Controls (N = 68)

Test of difference Sign.

 

M

sd

M

sd

Test U

p

WSCT correct answers

26,61

11,318

35,76

9,244

2019,5

0,000

WSCT total errors

36,37

11,821

27,37

7,191

2028,5

0,000

WSCT perseverative answers

25,05

17,749

15,05

7,643

2942,5

0,001

WSCT perseverative errors

20,66

15,737

12,88

5,776

2970,5

0,001

WSCT conceptual level

16,39

13,872

28,14

10,099

1995,5

0,000

WSCT categories achieved

0,66

,864

1,80

2,623

2091,5

0,000

WSCT to complete 1st category

41,90

26,041

23,28

19,002

2754,0

0,000

WSCT failure to maintain set

0,66

1,022

0,94

0,864

3194,5

0,004

RAVLT A1-A5

26,84

11,124

43,51

10,437

1152

0,000

RAVLT A6

5,20

2,957

9,25

3,086

1509,5

0,000

RAVLT A7

4,25

2,694

8,81

3,021

1174,5

0,000

RAVLT list B

2,96

1,428

5,34

1,523

1104

0,000

RAVLT Recognition

,71733

,196041

,90170

,132401

1719

0,000

ROCFT similarity

,52

,501

,99

,122

2308,5

0,000

ROCFT main elements

3,89

2,040

6,36

1,366

1406,500

0,000

TMT A

81,01

58,753

32,84

14,624

1027

0,000

TMT B

274,73

298,46

67,74

31,338

886,5

0,000

Wechsler digits forward

6,11

2,185

7,84

1,920

2422,000

0,000

Wechsler digits backward

3,70

1,638

6,07

1,645

1360

0,000

Verbal fluency

10,17

4,864

16,72

4,836

1429,5

0,000

Stroop words

77,17

18,158

94,04

12,942

1921,500

0,000

Stroop colors

55,38

16,487

73,21

13,521

1651

0,000

Stroop Interferention

29,49

12,251

44,35

10,108

1458

0,000

Stroop Coefficient

31,7587

8,06665

40,9462

6,19602

1539

0,000