Table 3 Comparison of neurological soft signs and neuropsychological function performances between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls at baseline assessment.
|  | Patients with Schizophrenia |  | Analysis a | Cohen’s d | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Prominent Negative Symptoms (PNS,N = 29) | Non-Prominent Negative Symptoms (NPNS, N = 116) | Health controls (HC, N = 62) | F | P | PNS vs NPNS | PNS vs HC | NPNS Vs HC |
CNI | ||||||||
Total scores | 7.13 (3.17) | 5.61 (3.07) | 2.76 (2.21) | 19.02 | <0.001 | 0.49 | 1.60 | 1.07 |
Motor coordination | 3.68 (1.98) | 2.64 (1.88) | 1.34 (1.28) | 13.47 | <0.001 | 0.54 | 1.40 | 0.81 |
Sensory Integration | 2.26 (1.50) | 1.99 (1.40) | 0.74 (1.13) | 12.41 | <0.001 | 0.19 | 1.14 | 0.98 |
Disinhibition | 1.19 (0.97) | 0.98 (0.93) | 0.68 (0.65) | 3.21 | 0.042 | 0.22 | 0.62 | 0.37 |
Neuropsychological functions | ||||||||
LM immediate score | 6.93 (3.77) | 8.41 (3.50) | 11.19 (3.47) | 11.45 | <0.001 | −0.41 | −1.18 | −0.80 |
LM delayed score | 4.83 (3.01) | 6.56 (3.67) | 9.69 (4.08) | 13.87 | <0.001 | −0.52 | −1.36 | −0.81 |
VR immediate score | 19.66 (3.82) | 20.77 (2.51) | 21.97 (1.98) | 4.23 | 0.016 | −0.34 | −0.76 | −0.53 |
VR delayed score | 19.62 (4.50) | 20.28 (2.74) | 21.44 (2.01) | 2.29 | 0.104 | −0.18 | −0.52 | −0.48 |
LN span correct items | 13.96 (2.89) | 15.50 (3.25) | 17.84 (3.40) | 5.85 | 0.003 | −0.50 | −1.23 | −0.70 |
LN span longest items | 5.46 (0.95) | 6.00 (1.09) | 6.68 (1.21) | 4.04 | 0.019 | −0.53 | −1.12 | −0.59 |
Verbal fluency | 17.24 (4.97) | 18.04 (5.06) | 21.63 (5.51) | 5.21 | 0.006 | −0.16 | −0.84 | −0.68 |
WSCT perseverative errors | 3.18 (3.39) | 2.68 (3.10) | 0.76 (1.40) | 2.70 | 0.069 | 0.15 | 0.93 | 0.80 |
WSCT category score | 4.85 (1.41) | 5.15 (1.41) | 5.76 (0.88) | 6.42 | 0.002 | −0.22 | −0.77 | −0.52 |
