Table 2 Behavioural task performance and task-related measures across diagnostic groups.

From: Behavioural phenotypes of intrinsic motivation in schizophrenia determined by cluster analysis of objectively quantified real-world performance

 

SZ (n = 45) median (Q1, Q3)

HC (n = 47) median (Q1, Q3)

Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney Test P

NET Distancea

95.24 (55.89, 177.66)

103.34 (47.31, 198.40)

0.988

NET Spatial da

1.32 (1.25, 1.41)

1.29 (1.24, 1.38)

0.338

NET VisObjExp Counta

6.00 (4.25, 8.00)

8.00 (5.00, 9.00)

0.063

NET VisObjExp Timea

95.02 (24.24, 156.84)

102.69 (61.27, 183.05)

0.195

NET TacObjExp Counta

1.00 (0.00, 2.00)

1.00 (0.00, 2.00)

0.620

NET TacObjExp Timea

3.10 (0.00, 11.74)

6.19 (0.00, 30.13)

0.284

APT Active Timeb

525.50 (213.75, 758.25)

637.00 (295.00, 869.00)

0.239

APT Switchesb

10.00 (3.25, 16.75)

6.00 (2.00, 12.00)

0.073

APT Active Intensityb

1.04 (0.64, 1.46)

1.54 (0.98, 1.77)

<0.001

APT Active Persistenceb

3.20 (2.45, 4.41)

4.05 (3.30, 4.85)

0.059

Pre-task Fatiguec,d

1.00 (0.00, 1.00)

1.00 (0.00, 1.00)

0.148

Post-task Fatigued

1.00 (0.00, 1.00)

1.00 (0.00, 1.00)

0.884

NET Object Noveltyc

13.00 (9.50, 16.50)

10.00 (6.00, 14.00)

0.024

NET Object Interestc

15.00 (10.00, 19.00)

13.00 (7.00, 15.00)

0.025

NET Anxiety Magnitudec,e

24.50 (5.25, 62.50)

6.00 (1.00, 13.00)

0.026

NET Anxiety Durationc.e

21.00 (4.25, 57.75)

6.00 (1.00, 9.00)

0.017

APT Anxiety Leveld,e

8.00 (1.00, 35.25)

3.00 (0.00, 7.00)

0.057

APT Interest Leveld,e

63.50 (38.75, 80.75)

67.00 (29.00, 77.00)

0.892

Finger Tapping Taskd,e

51.60 (47.00, 57.80)

57.15 (52.20, 63.20)

0.005

  1. SZ schizophrenia group, HC healthy control group.
  2. aNovelty Exploration Task (NET) behavioural measures: Distance, total distance travelled (m); Spatial d, index of complexity of locomotion – lower values indicate more linear, less circumscribed movement; VisObjExp, visual object exploration (Count, number of objects explored; Time, duration (s) of exploration); TacObjExp, tactile object exploration (Count, number of objects explored; Time, duration (s) of exploration).
  3. bActivity Preference Task (APT) behavioural measures: Active Time, duration (s) on active engagement option; Switches, number of switches between active and passive engagement options; Active Intensity, average hand speed (m/s) during periods of active engagement; Active Persistence, index of tendency to sustain continuous active engagement.
  4. cNET-related measures.
  5. dAPT-related measures.
  6. eExploratory measures (administered to subsamples).
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