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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical variables in the bipolar training group and the bipolar control group

From: Cognitive remediation for bipolar patients with objective cognitive impairment: a naturalistic study

 

BP (training) (N = 16)

N/M (SD)

BP (controls) (N = 10)

N/M (SD)

t/χ2

p value (uncorr.)

Age

42.3 (12.2)

36.3 (12.3)

1.22

.235

Sex (f/m)

8/8

5/5

.00

.656

Years of education

11.8 (1.7)

11.6 (1.7)

.22

.829

Verbal IQa

111.5 (9.6)

113.3 (11.5)

.43

.671

Bipolar Type I

9 (56.3%)

5 (50%)

.09

.536

Current mood

 PANASb PAc (Pre)

29.5 (5.5)

29.6 (4)

−.05

.961

 PANAS PA (Post)

30.7 (4.2)

29 (4.7)

.96

.349

 PANAS NAd (Pre)

12.6 (2.9)

12.1 (2.7)

.46

.652

 PANAS NA (Post)

12 (2.1)

13.2 (2.3)

−1.37

.184

Medication

 Lithium

8 (50%)

9 (90%)

4.35

.045*

 Other MS

4 (25%)

2 (20%)

.09

.580

 Antipsychotics

8 (50%)

7 (70%)

1.01

.277

 Antidepressants

10 (62.5%)

6 (60.5%)

.02

.609

  1. BP bipolar patients, MS mood stabilizer (Lamotrigin, Carbamazepin, Valproat)
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. aVerbal IQ (German multiple-choice word test, MWT-B)
  4. bPositive and negative affect scale
  5. cScore positive affect
  6. dScore negative affect