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Table 1 Neuropsychological assessment of patients with Parkinson’s Disease-mild cognitive impairment (n = 20)

From: Transcranial direct current stimulation enhances theory of mind in Parkinson’s disease patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study

 

Mean (SD)

Cut-off

Screening for dementia

 Mini Mental Parkinson

28.0 (2.7)

≥22.85

Global cognitive abilities

 Parkinson’s Disease-Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS)

  PD-CRS Total Score (max: 134)

78.9 (15.6)

≥82

  PD-CRS Cortical Score (max: 30)

26.1 (2.4)

  PD-CRS Frontal Subcortical Score (max: 104)

52.8 (14.0)

Memory

 Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, immediate recall

35.8 (11.1)

> 28.52

 Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, delayed recall

7.0 (3.5)

> 4.68

 Digit Span (Forward)

5.5 (0.9)

> 4.25

 Digit Span (Backward)

4.1 (0.9)

> 2.64

Language

 Verbal Fluency, phonemic

30.6 (9.9)

> 16

 Verbal Fluency, semantic

37.2 (9.0)

> 24

 Objects Picture Naming task (International Picture Naming Project (IPNP), %)

69.1 (11.9)

 Actions Picture Naming task (IPNP, %)

87.3 (14.2)

Attentional and Executive Functions

 Frontal Assessment Battery

15.3 (2.5)

> 13.4

 Stroop test (interference effect on time, seconds)

32.4 (14.1)

< 36.92

 Stroop test (interference effect on error number)

2.4 (3.3)

< 4.24

 Trail Making Test, part A (seconds)

51.8 (26.5)

< 94

 Trail Making Test, part B (seconds)

184.7 (125.7)

< 283

 Test of Attentional Performance

  Go/NoGo (time, ms)

528.9 (88.7)

  Go/NoGo (accuracy)

28.2 (2.5)

  Working Memory (time, milliseconds)

803.6 (192.5)

  Working Memory (accuracy)

11.7 (1.1)

  Response Flexibility (time, milliseconds)

1390.4 (512.2)

  Response Flexibility (accuracy)

78.0 (17.8)

  1. Raw scores are reported. Standard deviation (SD) is presented in parentheses
  2. Cut-off scores according to Italian normative data are reported
  3. Bold data indicate scores below the cut-off value