Research Article

Abstract Word Definition in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 2

Neuropsychological profile of patients.

aMCI (total)asMCIamMCI
()()()

Attention
 Digit span forward test5.76 ± 1.305.78 ± 1.485.74 ± 1.19
 Digit span backward test3.85 ± 1.473.89 ± 1.223.82 ± 1.64
Language function
 K-BNT10.06 ± 1.4610.78 ± 2.219.56 ± 2.52
Visuospatial function
 RCFT copy30.50 ± 4.1232.28 ± 2.6329.27 ± 4.53
Memory function
 SVLT immediate recall16.41 ± 4.1717.74 ± 3.9315.49 ± 4.13
 SVLT delayed recall2.80 ± 2.663.48 ± 2.862.33 ± 2.44
 SVLT recognition6.47 ± 2.416.70 ± 2.696.31 ± 2.23
 RCFT immediate recall9.15 ± 5.8510.20 ± 5.778.42 ± 5.86
 RCFT delayed recall8.94 ± 6.0710.04 ± 5.928.18 ± 6.13
 RCFT recognition6.48 ± 1.726.72 ± 1.806.31 ± 1.67
Frontal function
 Semantic COWAT (animal)13.20 ± 4.1314.37 ± 3.9512.38 ± 4.10
 Phonemic COWAT7.11 ± 3.367.04 ± 3.147.15 ± 3.54

Data are presented as mean ± SD. aMCI: amnestic mild cognitive impairment. asMCI: amnestic single-domain mild cognitive impairment. amMCI: amnestic multidomain mild cognitive impairment. K-BNT: Korean version of Boston Naming Test. RCFT: Rey Complex Figure Test. SVLT: Seoul Verbal Learning Test (three free recall trials of 12 words and a 20-minute delayed recall trial and recognition test). COWAT: Controlled Oral Word Association Test.