Table 3 Pairwise comparisons of cognitive test results between adjustment disorder (AD), exhaustion disorder (ED), and normative group (NG) using post-hoc Tukey HSD

Attention and processing speed

 SDMT

AD

ED

-.20

[-.48, .07]

.197

NG

.27

[.02, .51]

.027

ED

NG

.47

[.23, .71]

 < .001

Executive functions

 Stroop index

AD

ED

-.27

[-.57, .03]

.093

NG

.50

[.24, .77]

 < .001

ED

NG

.77

[.51, 1.04]

 < .001

 Stroop interference

AD

ED

-.30

[-.67, .07]

.132

NG

.07

[-.24, .39]

.848

ED

NG

.37

[.06, .69]

.015

Memory

 CERAD learning

AD

ED

-.14

[-.46, .18]

.549

NG

.23

[-.05, .51]

.137

ED

NG

.37

[.1, .65]

 < .001

 CERAD recall

AD

ED

-.09

[-.35, .17]

.684

NG

.40

[.17, .63]

 < .001

ED

NG

.49

[.27, .72]

 < .001

 Corsi

AD

ED

-.01

[-.3, .28]

.998

NG

.24

[-.02, .49]

.072

ED

NG

.25

[-.01, .5]

.057