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Table 2 Change in cognitive test scores over time between lockdown patients and matched historical controls

From: Steeper memory decline after COVID-19 lockdown measures

  

MMSE

TMT part A

TMT part B

RAVLT immediate recall

RAVLT delayed recall

Category fluency

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

All diagnoses

Group

 − 0.26 (0.57)

 − 5.23 (8.36)

 − 12.02 (13.66)

0.31 (1.59)

0.01 (0.49)

0.83 (0.86)

Time × Group

0.52 (0.46)

 − 1.57 (6.18)

 − 1.92 (8.84)

 − 2.62 (1.07)*

 − 1.07 (0.34)**

 − 0.61 (0.62)

SCD

Group

 − 0.22 (0.59)

5.88 (4.53)

39.03 (18.94)*

 − 1.65 (4.25)

0.28 (1.32)

0.33 (1.90)

Time × Group

 − 0.72 (0.64)

 − 2.77 (2.88)

 − 4.11 (9.25)

 − 6.85 (2.97)*

 − 2.45 (1.11)*

0.23 (1.91)

MCI

Group

 − 0.39 (0.72)

 − 5.59 (6.36)

 − 5.91 (18.13)

3.17 (2.28)

0.69 (0.67)

0.61 (1.22)

Time × Group

 − 0.10 (0.62)

3.81 (5.38)

 − 3.95 (13.42)

 − 6.14 (1.78)**

 − 1.50 (0.51)**

0.03 (1.03)

Dementia

Group

 − 0.11 (0.85)

 − 12.22 (15.02)

 − 40.39 (24.18)

0.01 (1.74)

 − 0.16 (0.56)

1.07 (1.17)

Time × Group

1.24 (0.79)

 − 2.15 (11.96)

 − 6.25 (20.24)

0.96 (1.56)

 − 0.47 (0.53)

 − 0.39 (0.80)

  1. Model: Group (0 = historical controls, 1 = lockdown patients), and interaction Time × Group
  2. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, MCI Mild cognitive impairment, TMT Trail Making Test, RAVLT Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test, SCD Subjective cognitive decline
  3. *p < .05
  4. **p < .01