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Table 3 Patients’ performance in WAIS and neurocognitive battery tests

From: Neuropsychological performance in patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy and different factors that affect their performance

Intelligence Quotient (WAIS-IV)

 

Score mean ± SD

Mental retarded

Borderline

Below average

Average

Above average

Superior

Talented

Verbal

IQ

VCI

91.2 ± 15.7

5 (4.5%)

21 (18.9%)

32 (28.8%)

36 (32.4%)

8 (7.2%)

8 (7.2%)

1 (0.9%)

WMI

83.4 ± 14.3

11 (9.9%)

38 (34.2%)

32 (28.8%)

23 (20.7%)

5 (4.5%)

1 (0.9%)

1 (0.9%)

Performance IQ

PRI

87.6 ± 12.9

4 (3.6%)

24 (21.6%)

41 (36.9%)

36 (32.4%)

2 (1.8%)

–

-

PSI

81 ± 13.5

20 (18.2%)

36 (32.4%)

23 (20.7%)

31 (27.9%)

1 (0.9%)

–

-

FSIQ

84.9 ± 14.2

9 (8.2%)

34 (30.6)

31 (27.9%)

29 (26.1%)

5 (4.5%)

3 (2.7%)

–

Neurocognitive assessment battery

 

Score mean ± SD

Normal

Abnormal

Attention digit span

Forward

6.6 ± 2.3

70 (68.6%)

32 (31.4%)

Backward

3.6 ± 1.96

45 (44.1%)

57 (55.9%)

Verbal memory PAT

10.99 ± 4.3

48 (47.1%)

54 (52.9%)

Visual memory: BLT1

Learning trials

− 1.9 ± 1.2

15 (14.7%)

87 (85.3%)

Short delayed recall

− 1.9 ± 1.04

12 (11.8%)

90 (88.2%)

Long delayed recall

− 1.9 ± 1.1

14 (13.7%)

88 (86.3%)

Visual memory: BVRT

4.3 ± 2.3

68 (66.7%)

34 (33.3%)

Language assessment battery

–

35 (34.3%)

67 (65.7%)

Executive function/verbal fluency COWAT

Phonemic

14.6 ± 8.99

6 (5.9%)

96 (94.1%)

Categorical

13.9 ± 5.7

71 (69.6%)

31 (30.4%)

Executive function

TMT-A

57.95 ± 30.83

11 (10.8%)

91(89.2%)2

TMT-B

92.7 ± 46.23

28 (27.5%)

74 (72.5%))2

Social cognition

Ekman emotion recognition

Happy

7.9 ± 0.2

–

–

Sad

4.7 ± 2.3

–

–

Fear

2.3 ± 1.9

–

–

Surprise

7.02 ± 1.6

–

–

Anger

5.1 ± 2.7

–

–

Disgust

6.04 ± 2.1

–

–

Neutral

6.2 ± 2.1

–

–

  1. VCI verbal comprehensive index, PRI perceptual organization index, WMI working memory index, PSI processing speed index, FSIQ Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient, SD standard deviation, PAT Paired Associate Test, BLT Brown Location Test, BVRT Benton Visual Retention Test, COWAT Controlled Oral Word Association Test, TMT: Trail Making Test
  2. 1Scoring by Z-score calculated according to age group
  3. 2Included those could perform the test but exceeded the cut-off time, and those who failed to perform it
  4. 3Mean score of patients who performed normally and those did it correctly, but exceeded the cut-off time