Loss in Executive Functioning Best Explains Changes in Pain Responsiveness in Patients with Dementia-Related Cognitive Decline

Table 2

Descriptive data of the cognitive performance within the different domains of cognitive functioning assessed and of pain responsiveness.

			Descriptive data
			Mean	SD
Cognitive functioning	SIDAM	Orientation	14.8	5.4
		Memory	8.6	4.2
		Intellectual abilities/executive function	3.3	1.7
		Aphasia and apraxia	7.6	2.0
	ZVT	Information processing speed	84.1	54.7
	SIDAM	MMSE	21.2	6.2
Pain responsiveness	NFR threshold (in mA)		16.4	9.0
	Facial response (FACS composite score, sqrt.)		2.6	1.7