The On-Freezing Phenomenon: Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects

Table 3

A comparison between the two groups, at baseline.

Items	Group A	Group B	𝑃
Phonological fluency	23.12 ± 9.10	12.12 ± 2.11	𝑃<0.01
Intrusion mistakes	8.90 ± 2.34	2.34 ± 0.12	𝑃<0.01
Digit span forward	3.34 ± 0.50	4.75 ± 1.12	𝑃<0.05
Digit span backward	3.20 ± 1.07	3 ± 0.76	ns
Trail making oral; time (sec.)	37.33 ± 6.33	34.65 ± 3.98	ns
Trail making oral; mistakes	7.98 ± 3.4	4.10 ± 0.40	𝑃<0.01
Freezing of thoughts	1 ± 0.0	0.0
Freezing of language	1 ± 0.0	0.0
CIR	3.23 ± 0.43	0.98 ± 0.12	𝑃<0.01
Proverbs’ Interpretation (correct answers)	4.76 ± 2.65	14.23 ± 2.45	𝑃<0.01
Raven; time (min.)	35.53 ± 4.30	34.12 ± 7.20	ns
Raven; (correct answers)	21.34 ± 4.24	21.5 ± 4.04	ns
Stroop; time (sec.)	57.91 ± 39.56	22.38 ± 10.53	𝑃<0.01
Stroop; mistakes	5 ± 4.23	1.23 ± 2.25	𝑃<0.01
Retrieval of a story; (correct answers)	9.38 ± 5.60	10.13 ± 4.64	ns
Ten-Point Clock Test	1.88 ± 1.25	3.5 ± 0.53	𝑃<0.01
Cornell’s Scale	7.75 ± 2.76	12.5 ± 3.59	𝑃<0.01
Anxiety score	3.2 ± 1.71	2.93 ± 2.78	ns