Cognitive Functions and Depression in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Table 1
Patient characteristics and comparisons between the “Neurological” and “Depression” groups.
Patient characteristics
“Neurological”
“Depression”
Statistics
Gender (female/male)
12 (63%)/7 (37%)
25 (53%)/22 (47%)
Age (years)
47.3 (14.5)
44.7 (14.0)
Education (years)
13 (10–17)
13 (10–17)
IBS
6 (32%)
27 (57%)
IBSSS
113 (88)
200 (103)
BDI-II
5 (0–26)
29 (10–54)
MADRS
8.1 (5.9)
27.5 (8.1)
MMSE
29 (27–30)
29 (23–30)
Trail Making A (simple)
34 (20–145)
45 (22–153)
Trail Making B (complex)
71 (45–181)
88 (49–361)
Grooved Pegboard Test (dominant hand)
70 (54–112)
78 (53–176)
Grooved Pegboard Test (not dominant hand)
74 (55–135)
87 (61–228)
HVLT immediate total recall
26 (10–29)
23 (11–34)
HVLT delayed recall
10 (1–12)
9 (10–12)
BVMT immediate total recall
20.7 (5.4)
19.7 (6.9)
BVMT delayed recall
8.6 (2.3)
7.7 (2.5)
WAIS-III Vocabulary
43.0 (6.7)
44.0 (8.5)
WAIS-III Digit Symbol
60.3 (15.1)
51.8 (16.9)
WAIS-III Symbol Search
28.1 (8.7)
25.0 (8.2)
Stroop 1 (Word)
32 (25–45)
38 (25–67)
Stroop 2 (Colour)
26 (20–39)
29.0 (19–52)
Stroop 3 (Interference)
54 (39–118)
61 (43–141)
COWAT (Words on F, A, and S)
27 (18–75)
33 (13–69)
COWAT (Cloths)
19.4 (4.9)
17.6 (5.1)
COWAT (Animals)
22.8 (6.2)
18.6 (5.4)
The results are given as the number (proportion in per cent), mean (SD), and median (range) and analysed with exact unconditional table analyses, -test, and Mann-Whitney test (marked with ).
