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Table 1 Scores on neuropsychological tests carried out 87 and 89 days post-injury (second hospital stay)

From: Evolution of severe sleep-wake cycle disturbances following traumatic brain injury: a case study in both acute and subacute phases post-injury

Tests

 

Mini-Mental State Examination

17b

Boston Naming Test (abbreviated form of 30 items)

3b

Semantic verbal fluency (Animals 90 s)

 - total (errors)

13 (9)b

Phonological verbal fluency (P & F 90 s)

 

 - total (errors)

8 (8)b

Category switching verbal fluency D-KEFS

 - total (errors)

0 (2)b

Writing to dictation

Dysorthographia

Clock Drawing (Rouleau scoring system)

6/10 Conceptual deficits and planning difficulties

Copy of the House

Normal

Mesulam Cancellation task

 - time in s

123b

Trail making test

 - part A (time in s)

78b

 - part B (time in s)

215b

Mental Control WMS-III

20a

Longest Digit span forward WMS-IV

4a

Longest Digit span backward WMS-IV

3a

Logical memory (first story) WMS-IV

 

 - immediate free recall

3b

 - delayed free recall

0b

Hopkins verbal learning test

 - total immediate free recall

13b

 - delayed free recall

0b

Victoria Stroop test – interference

 - time in s

51b

 - errors

5b

Matrix Reasoning WAIS-IV

12a

Key Search BADS

9

  1. BADS behavioural assessment of the dysexecutive syndrome, D-KEFS Delis–Kaplan executive function system, WAIS Wechsler adult intelligence scale, WMS Wechsler memory scale
  2. a ≥ 1 ≤ 2 standard deviations away from expected mean for age and/or years of education and/or sex, according to the standards of each test
  3. b > 2 standard deviations away from expected mean for age and/or years of education and/or sex, according to the standards of each test