Research Article

Validation of Revised Chinese Version of PD-CRS in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Table 5

Comparisons of PD-CRS between PD-NC, PD-MCI, and PDD groups.

PD-NCPD-MCIPDDPD-NC vs. PD-MCIcPD-NC vs. PDDcPD-MCI vs. PDDc

Immediate free-recall verbal memory8.81 ± 2.1326.70 ± 2.6814.73 ± 1.191<0.001a<0.001<0.0010.014
Confrontation naming17.57 ± 2.52317.09 ± 2.35114.91 ± 2.8090.008b0.7170.0060.051
Sustained attention7.46 ± 2.1165.32 ± 2.7853.00 ± 2.646<0.001a<0.001<0.0010.008
Working memory6.46 ± 2.4454.82 ± 1.6183.64 ± 1.362<0.001b0.0120.0010.168
Clock drawing9.05 ± 1.3117.82 ± 2.0265.18 ± 3.573<0.001b0.007<0.0010.143
Copying a clock9.84 ± 0.4429.57 ± 0.8186.73 ± 3.495<0.001b0.620<0.001<0.001
Delayed free-recall verbal memory7.43 ± 2.7145.11 ± 2.5722.36 ± 2.420<0.001a<0.001<0.0010.002
Alternating verbal fluencies9.70 ± 3.5666.64 ± 3.5773.55 ± 3.045<0.001b0.004<0.0010.069
Action verbal fluencies10.97 ± 4.2138.77 ± 4.2204.82 ± 3.219<0.001a0.019<0.0010.005
Frontal-subcortical functions59.89 ± 10.44845.18 ± 12.90127.27 ± 11.577<0.001a<0.001<0.001<0.001
Instrumental-cortical functions27.41 ± 2.68226.66 ± 2.27221.64 ± 4.523<0.001b0.203<0.0010.004
PD-CRS total score87.30 ± 11.24471.84 ± 14.14448.91 ± 14.916<0.001a<0.001<0.001<0.001

PD-CRS: Parkinson’s disease-cognitive rating scale; PD: Parkinson’s disease; PD-NC: PD patients with normal cognition; PD-MCI: PD patients with mild cognitive impairment; PDD: PD patients with dementia. aOne-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); bKruskal–Wallis test; cBonferroni test.