Table 4 Results of the psychometric tests—statistically significant differences (SD standard deviation; *Mann–Whitney U test)
From: Neuropsychological exponents for the driving ability in remitted bipolar patients
Patient group (n = 33) | Control group n = 32 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | SD | Mean | Median | SD | p | |
The Cross-Over Test—free rate (COT-F) | |||||||
Test time (s) | 115.8 | 104.2 | 40.4 | 101.9 | 98.6 | 22.3 | Z = 2,13 p = 0.03* |
Median response time (ms) | 1471.5 | 1340 | 468.16 | 1268.6 | 1261.5 | 154.39 | Z = 2.30 p = 0.02* |
The Cross-Over Test—rate of 50 stimuli/minute (COT-50) | |||||||
Number of stimuli received | 14.6 | 10 | 16.7 | 27.3 | 25.5 | 193 | Z = 2.97 p = 0.002* |
Patient group | Control group | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | SD | Mean | Median | SD | ||
Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) | |||||||
The number of perseverations | 4.4 | 3 | 3.78 | 2.3 | 2 | 3.01 | Z = 2.93 p = 0.003 |
The number of words in the deferred sample | 2.2 | 2 | 1.72 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.95 | Z = 2.44 p = 0.01 |
Patients (n = 21) | Controls (n = 26) | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT) | |||||||
Part A (s) | 25.19 | 25.0 | 4.6 | 22.46 | 22.0 | 3.84 | Z = 2.00 p = 0.045 T = 0.031* |
Part B (s) | 57.14 | 14.61 | 14.61 | 51.42 | 9.91 | 9.92 | Z = 0.95 p = 0.341 |
Trail Making Test (TMT) | |||||||
Part A (s) | 30.94 | 28 | 12.7 | 24.22 | 23 | 8.34 | Z = 2.08 p = 0.036 |
Part B (s) | 78.76 | 65 | 43.4 | 58.81 | 55 | 22.68 | Z = 2.41 p = 0.016 |