Research Article

Apathy and Cognitive Test Performance in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Testing

Table 3

Correlation between demographic, psychological, neuropsychological, and medical variables and apathy scores ( ).

Total AESEmotional AESBehavioral AESCognitive AESOther AES

Age 0.05 0.05 −0.08 0.06
Gender−0.12−0.14−0.05−0.11
Type 2 diabetes 0.11 0.03 0.07 0.14 0.05
Heart attack 0.17 0.11 0.07 0.20* 0.14
Heart failure−0.10−0.02−0.13−0.12−0.01
High cholesterol 0.13 0.05 0.10 0.16 0.06
High blood pressure 0.01 −0.04−0.02 0.05
CABG 0.03 0.09 −0.04 0.04 0.03
METs−0.16−0.12 0.00 −0.20*−0.14
BDI0.49** 0.11 0.44**0.44**0.52**
TMT A 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.01 0.00
TMT B 0.11 0.03 0.19* 0.08 0.06
3MS 0.08 0.11 −0.02 0.16 −0.09
Rey-O Copy 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.06 0.02
Rey-O Delayed 0.08 0.11 0.05 0.06 0.04
Ruff ADA−0.06−0.02−0.07 0.02 −0.19*
Ruff CSA−0.06−0.04−0.06−0.01−0.12

Note. AES: Apathy Evaluation Scale; CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; METs: metabolic equivalents; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; 3MS: Mini Mental State Exam; TMT A: Trail Making Test A; TMT B: Trail Making Test B; Rey-O Copy: Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Copy; Rey-O Recall: Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Delayed Recall; Ruff ADA: Ruff 2 and 7 Automatic Detection Accuracy; Ruff CSA: Controlled Search Accuracy.
* P < 0.05. **P < 0.01.