Clinical Utility of Cognistat in Multiprofessional Team Evaluations of Patients with Cognitive Impairment in Swedish Primary Care
Table 2
Test results (mean ± standard deviation) for the cognitive impairment group and the no cognitive impairment group after final diagnoses: confidence intervals of the mean difference and values between the two groups.
Test
Cognitive impairment
No cognitive impairment
95% confidence interval
value
MMSE, mean score ± SD
4.890–2.513
<0.001
CDT, mean score ± SD
0.693–0.004
0.048
Cognistat subtest (test range), mean score ± SD
Orientation (0–12)
1.328–0.317
0.002
Attention (0–8)
1.784–0.296
0.007
Comprehension (0–6)
0.769–0.223
0.001
Repetition (0–12)
1.133–0.216
0.005
Naming (0–8)
0.872–0.121
0.011
Construction (0–6)
1.824–0.667
<0.001
Memory (0–12)
5.113–2.743
<0.001
Calculations (0–4)
0.610–0.078
0.012
Similarities (0–8)
1.398–0.340
0.002
Judgement (0–6)
1.227–0.145
0.014
Neuropsychology test battery, mean score ± SD
ADAS-cog
6.092–9.886
<0.001
Babcock Story Recall test-immediate
4.191–1.830
<0.001
Babcock Story Recall test-delayed
7.545–4.414
<0.001
Letter fluency test (D-KEFS), raw score
19.993–9.639
<0.001
Letter fluency test (D-KEFS), scale score
5.765–2.622
<0.001
The Vocabulary Test (WAIS-III), raw score
14.158–4.408
<0.001
The Vocabulary Test (WAIS-III), scale score
3.064–0.791
0.001
Trail Making Test A, seconds
37.581–73.294
<0.001
Trail Making Test B, seconds
63.321–169.413
<0.001
ADAS-cog, Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale; CDT, Clock Drawing Test; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; SD, standard deviation; WAIS-III, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III. -test used for all the test variables. Significant value <0.05. . . . (due to internal dropouts).
