WCST Performance in Schizophrenia and Severe Depression with Psychotic Features
Table 2
WCST parameters in schizophrenic and psychotic depression patients (significance level set at ).
WCST parameter
Patients with schizophrenia ()
Patients with major depression with psychotic features ()
Statistic bitailed
Number of trials
2.67 ()
% of Errors
1.04 ()
% of perseverative errors
0.01* ()
Number of completed categories
2.09 ()
Number of trials to the 1st completed category
1.5 ()
*
. Note. Better performance on WCST is indicated by larger number of trials but less percentage of errors, number of completed categories, and number of trials to the 1st completed category.