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Table 4 Spatial orientation test, Social cognition, Emotion recognition, Working memory and age differentiation between studied groups

From: Cognitive impairment in a sample of adult patients with multiple sclerosis: an Egyptian study

 

Cases

n = 30

Control

n = 30

Test of significance

Short penn line orientation test total correct

7.50 ± 3.49

10.27 ± 3.50

Z = 3.23

p = 0.001*

Median response time for short Penn line orientation test

12,582.20 ± 4332.19

10,636.87 ± 4089.62

Z = 1.99

p = 0.046*

Measured emotion differentiation test total correct

22.93 ± 4.25

26.10 ± 4.17

t = 2.91

p = 0.043*

Median response time for Measured emotion differentiation test

3536.78 ± 1519.69

2878.67 ± 853.21

t = 2.07

p = 0.043*

Penn emotion recognition test correct response

33.80 ± 3.26

35.20 ± 2.48

t = 1.87

p = 0.07

Median response time for Penn emotion recognition test

2542.43 ± 708.39

2100.47 ± 393.78

t = 2.98

p = 0.004*

Short fractal- N-back true positive responses for 1-back and 2-back

15.27 ± 2.08

17 ± 1.93

t = 3.34

p = 0.001*

Short fractal- N-back median reaction time for all positive responses for 1-back and 2-back trials

615.70 ± 207.22

511.48 ± 110.80

t = 2.43

p = 0.018*

Total correct age differentiation test trials

21.77 ± 4.56

24.33 ± 5.31

t = 2.01

p = 0.049*

Median response time for all age differentiation test

2278.58 ± 774.43

2016.27 ± 538.64

t = 1.52

p = 0.133

  1. t: Student t test, parameters described as mean ± SD *statistically significant