Measure

non-PLA-EG (n = 15)

non-PLA-NEG (n = 17)

p-value

Cognitive variables

WCST

Categories Completed

4.7 (2.4)

4.8 (2.1)

0.888

Total Errors

29.9 (22.7)

25.5 (21.9)

0.602

Perseverative Errors

11.9 (5.9)

9.8 (7.4)

0.392

Non-perseverative Errors

17.9 (17.2)

15.7 (15.3)

0.717

TMT

Part A time (s)

61.4 (32.4)

82.5 (61.7)

0.246

Part B time (s)

129.0 (61.7)

177.6 (126.4)

0.172

Part B-Part A time (s)

67.6 (34.2)

95.1 (80.8)

0.214

DST

Forward

7.9 (2.3)

6.9 (2.0)

0.179

Backward

5.3 (1.5)

4.8 (1.3)

0.376

VFT

Letter [Ka]

9.6 (3.1)

8.9 (3.4)

0.574

Category [animal]

18.3 (5.5)

14.5 (6.9)

0.099

JVLT

Immediate Recall Total

29.9 (8.2)

30.3 (7.3)

0.896

Delayed Recall

12.6 (2.4)

11.7 (3.0)

0.341

Emotional variables

HAMD-17^a)

1.6 (0.73)

3.2 (2.7)

0.076

Apathy Scale

8.2 (4.14)

12.2 (6.4)

0.045^*