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Table 2 Neuropsychological tests by diagnostic groups

From: Short-term functional outcome in psychotic patients: results of the Turku early psychosis study (TEPS)

 

FEPa (n = 119)

CHR-Pb (n = 54)

CHR-Nc (n = 46)

All (n = 219)

 

FEP/CHR-P

FEP/CHR-N

CHR-P/CHR-N

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p1

p2

p3

p4

Verbal skills

 WAIS III Vocabulary

42.61

10.84

42.80

10.57

43.07

10.85

50.14

7.54

0.970

0.914

0.806

0.901

 MCCB Category Fluency

22.23

5.71

22.98

5.24

24.52

7.39

24.36

6.12

0.090

0.444

0.029

0.202

 MCCB S-words

15.11

5.56

15.54

5.48

16.83

4.45

16.51

5.40

0.180

0.625

0.065

0.229

Attention/vigilance

 TMT-A

32.94

10.18

28.17

8.33

31.52

10.93

29.70

9.83

0.015

0.004

0.411

0.093

 TMT-B

92.18

66.00

86.24

82.34

66.50

38.08

75.81

58.28

0.082

0.583

0.026

0.137

Speed of processing

 WAIS III Digit Symbol

66.37

15.78

73.44

16.85

74.59

15.54

75.24

16.97

0.002

0.008

0.003

0.722

Working memory

 WAIS III Letter-Number Span

9.97

2.22

10.59

2.02

11.17

2.34

10.94

2.38

0.006

0.088

0.002

0.189

 WMS-R Spatial Span

16.87

3.01

17.57

2.95

17.22

2.15

17.63

2.88

0.313

0.126

0.477

0.523

Verbal learning

 HVLT immediate

25.94

4.29

27.31

4.60

28.89

3.95

27.79

4.43

< 0.001

0.053

< 0.001

0.069

 HVLT delayed

9.18

2.12

10.19

1.90

10.35

1.72

10.04

1.95

< 0.001

0.002

0.001

0.684

Visual learning

 MCCB BVMT-R

24.37

6.98

26.96

6.43

26.65

6.51

26.87

6.59

0.029

0.020

0.053

0.819

Reasoning and problem solving

 MCCB NAB Mazes

20.43

4.89

22.07

3.59

22.24

4.15

21.78

4.18

0.018

0.025

0.020

0.854

WCST

 Total number of errors

30.20

24.54

28.24

19.23

22.35

18.18

28.07

22.22

0.125

0.589

0.042

0.185

 Perseverative responses

18.73

19.06

16.63

12.98

12.91

11.21

16.99

16.39

0.122

0.433

0.041

0.257

 Perseverative errors

16.36

15.00

15.11

10.91

11.87

9.47

15.11

13.12

0.143

0.560

0.049

0.218

 Percent conceptual level responses

64.51

21.74

66.07

16.94

71.46

17.17

66.36

19.84

0.130

0.630

0.044

0.176

 Number of categories completed

4.96

1.68

5.11

1.42

5.39

1.31

5.09

1.55

0.272

0.547

0.108

0.368

Ro-Exner (RCS)

 Perceptual thinking index (PTI)

1.25

1.34

1.37

1.19

0.70

1.07

1.16

1.27

0.016

0.566

0.011

0.008

 Distorted perception (X-%)

0.28

0.11

0.28

0.09

0.21

0.08

0.26

0.10

0.001

0.824

0.001

0.002

 Incoherent thinking (WSum6)

9.90

8.70

9.69

7.56

7.02

6.50

9.24

8.06

0.108

0.871

0.040

0.099

 Appropriate answers (XA%)

0.70

0.12

0.70

0.09

0.76

0.09

0.71

0.11

0.002

0.923

0.001

0.003

 Extended appropriate answers (WDA%)

0.73

0.12

0.73

0.09

0.79

0.08

0.75

0.11

0.003

0.902

0.001

0.005

  1. aFirst episode psychosis
  2. bConfirmed clinical high risk to psychosis
  3. cNonconfirmed clinical high risk to psychosis; p1 = ANOVA for all patients; p2 = ANOVA for FEP/CHR-P; p3 = ANOVA for FEP/CHR-N; p4 = ANOVA for CHR-P/CHR-N
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BMC Psychiatry

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