Intracranial arachnoid cysts: impairment of higher cognitive functions and postoperative improvement

Table 3 Performance of the patients with cysts group (n = 22) and the control group (n = 13) at postoperative test 2

Test	Patient group^a		Control group^a		Statistics^b
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F	P	Eta squared
Color-Word Interference test, STC
Color naming	29.46	4.5	26.15	3.56	5.2	<0.05	0.14
Word reading	25.82	12.99	22.85	3.91	-	NS	-
Inhibition	56.41	14.58	53.69	17.38	-	NS	-
Inhibition/switching	68.96	14.71	68.85	13.19	-	NS	-
Verbal Fluency test, NWP
Letter fluency	55.09	10.37	58.15	12.48	-	NS	-
Category fluency	48.82	8.61	43.31	5.34	4.39	<0.05	0.21
Category switching	18.59	3.28	19.69	2.81	-	NS	-
Total switching accuracy	17.46	3.19	18.69	2.81	-	NS	-
Tower test, TAS
Total achievement score	20.73	3.51	27.58	2.15	35.43	<0.01	0.53

^aValues for means and SDs are reported in raw scores; ^bstatistics reported (F, P, eta squared) are according to scaled scores. NS, no significant difference between the groups; NWP, number of words produced in 60 seconds; STC, seconds to complete trial; TAS, total achievement score.

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