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Table 3 Correlations among BACS measures for schizophrenia patients and healthy controls

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the BACS scale (the brief assessment of cognition in schizophrenia) among chronic schizophrenic inpatients

 

VM

DS

VF

SC

TM

TL

Composite score

In patients with schizophrenia

 TL

.50***

.70***

.51***

.51***

.47***

–

.76***

 TM

.40***

.48***

.47***

.36***

–

.47***

.74***

 SC

.45***

.57***

.51***

–

.36***

.51***

.75***

 VF

.65***

.67***

–

.51***

.47***

.51***

.80***

 DS

.60***

–

.67***

.57***

.48***

.70***

.82***

 VM

–

.60***

.65***

.45***

.40***

.50***

.76***

In healthy controls

 TL

.35**

.41**

.37**

.43**

.05

–

.45**

 TM

.41**

.31*

.37**

.38**

–

.05

.71***

 SC

.61***

.61***

.61***

–

.38**

.43**

.82***

 VF

.58***

.56***

–

.61***

.37**

.37**

.79***

 DS

.48***

–

.56***

.61***

.31*

.41**

.69***

 VM

–

.48***

.58***

.61***

.41**

.35**

.80***

  1. Significant correlation at: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  2. VM Verbal Memory; DS Digit sequencing; VF Verbal Fluency; SC Symbol Coding; TM Token motor task; TL Tower of London.
  3. The correlation in patients with schizophrenia was controlled for duration of illness, duration of hospitalization and chlorpromazine equivalent dose
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