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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Comparison among the three groups, regarding medians and frequencies of controlled variables

From: Right frontal stroke: extra-frontal lesions, executive functioning and impulsive behaviour

 

Groups

Variables

Frontal

Extra-Frontal Net

Control

  
 

Median (tertiles)

Median (tertiles)

Median (tertiles)

X 2 /U

p

Scholarity

11 (5.5 – 17.5)

9 (5.0 – 11.0)

9 (5.0 – 13.0)

2.943

.230

Age

64 (61.0 – 71.50)

60 (54.0 – 67.0)

57 (47.25 – 63.50)

7.259

.027a

Lesion Time

27.0 (23.50 – 48.0)

22.0 (12.0 – 34.0)

-

143.000

.132

Rankin Scale

0 (0 – 1.0)

1.0 (0 – 2.0)

-

147.000

.126

Reading Habits

7.0 (3.5 – 8.5)

4.0 (2.0 – 7.0)

5.0 (3.0 – 6.25)

2.552

.279

Writing Habits

2.0 (0 – 4.5)

2.0 (0 – 4.0)

3.5 (1.0 – 5.0)

5.185

.075

Instruments

     

MMSE

29.0 (25.50 – 29.50)

28.0 (26.0 – 29.0)

28.0 (26.0 – 29.0)

1.078

.583

SRQ-20

3.0 (2.0 – 4.50)

4.0 (2.0 – 8.0)

2.0 (1.0 – 5.25)

2.462

.292

WMI

27.0 (23.50 – 36.50)

28.0 (23.0 – 34.0)

27.0 (24.0 – 36.25)

0.466

.921

BDI-II

9.0 (5.0 – 12.50)

11.0 (4.0 – 23.0)

6.50 (2.0 – 11.0)

5.908

.052

 

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

  

Males

8 (61,5)

17 (54.8)

9 (23.7)

  

Right-handed

10 (76.9)

28 (90.3)

34 (89.5)

  

Ischemic Lesion

10 (76.9)

24 (77.4)

-

  

Benzodiazepines

0

4 (12.9)

2 (5.3)

  

Antidepressants

2 (15.4)

7 (22.6)

4 (10.5)

  
  1. a p ≤ 0,05 comparing control and frontal lesion group