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Table 2 Comparison of cognitive ability between the DLB-hallu and DLB-c groups ( N= 66) a

From: Neural correlates of visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies

 

DLB-hallu ( n= 36)

DLB-c ( n= 30)

P -value

Tested patients, n (%)

Mean (SD)

Tested patients, n (%)

Mean (SD)

FAB (18b)

21 (58)

10.7 (4.49)

19 (63)

10.7 (4.37)

0.967

FCSRT

     

IR (16b)

 

22 (61)

14 (1.72)

15 (60)

13.8 (3.14)

0.637

FR (48b)

 

22 (61)

16.7 (7.53)

15 (60)

13.2 (10.11)

0.276

TR (48b)

 

22 (61)

39.6 (8.46)

15 (60)

32.7 (14.37)

0.160

CFR (16b)

 

20 (56)

6.2 (3.48)

13 (43)

5.3 (3.73)

0.592

CTR (16b)

 

20 (56)

13.8 (2.73)

13 (43)

12.9 (3.39)

0.353

TMT Ac

17 (47)

99.5 (51.08)

21 (70)

92.9 (47.34)

0.713

TMT Bc

17 (47)d

176.2 (89.42)

21 (70)e

215.1 (104.07)

0.339

Digit span test

     

Direct

 

20 (56)

4.8 (1.28)

16 (53)

4.6 (0.89)

0.555

Indirect

 

19 (53)

3.2 (1.23)

16 (53)

2.8 (0.86)

0.358

Lexical evocation

     

Formal

 

21 (58)

10.4 (7.70)

17 (57)

10.7 (7.32)

0.596

Semantic

 

23 (64)

16.2 (9.96)

17 (57)

14.9 (7.89)

0.784

Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (36b)

11 (31)

29 (6.4)

13 (43)

28.7 (8.87)

0.704

  1. aCFR, Cued free recall; CTR, Cued total recall; DLB-c, Control group of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies who were not having visual hallucinations; DLB-hallu, Study group of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies who were having visual hallucinations; FAB, Frontal assessment battery; FCSRT, Free and Cued Selective Remaining Test; FR, Free recall; IR, Immediate recall; SD, Standard; TMT, Trail Making Test; TR, Total recall. bTotal possible score. cMeasured in seconds. dSeven patients failed to finish this test. eNine patients failed to finish this test.