Research Article

Residual Negative Symptoms Differentiate Cognitive Performance in Clinically Stable Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Table 3

Comparison of cognitive performance between patient groups.

ā€‰BipolaraSchizophreniaa Sig

Total PGIMS11.26a17.94a33.735<0.001
Digit span forward4.75a3.57a26.771<0.001
Digit span backward2.84a2.32a5.0110.030
ROCFT 131.57a31.71a0.0940.761
ROCFT 218.44a14.55a31.243<0.001
Trail-making A 70.81a78.99a1.7610.192
Trail-making B118.99a149.37a24.107<0.001
Verbal fluency test13.06a11.82a5.3710.025
Go-no go test5.52a4.84a6.6940.013

Estimated marginal means; covariates appearing in the model are evaluated at the following values: age = 37.80, gender = 0.3200, number of years in education = 9.58, hdrs = 1.44, ymrs = 2.16. Adjustment for multiple comparisons: Bonferroni. ROCFT: Rey Osterreith Complex figure test; PGIMS: PGI memory scale.