Comparison of clinical variables between the patient groups with different denial grades (grades 0 to 3 according to the anosognosia scale of Bisiach et al3)
Denial grade | |||
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Grade 0 v 1 | Grade 1 v 2/3 | Grade 0 v 2/3 | |
*Significant with a Bonferroni corrected α level: p = 0.0167. | |||
MMSE, mini-mental state examination.13 | |||
Age | p = 0.555 | p = 0.710 | p = 0.300 |
Side of lesion | p = 0.272 | p = 0.023 | p = 0.065 |
Paresis of contralesional side | |||
Arm | p = 0.154 | p = 0.030 | p<0.001* |
Leg | p = 0.062 | p = 0.012 * | p<0.001* |
Visual field defects | p = 0.597 | p = 0.345 | p = 0.669 |
Neglect | p = 0.470 | p = 0.002* | p<0.001* |
Visual extinction | p = 0.063 | p = 0.033 | p<0.001* |
Tactile extinction | p = 0.548 | p = 0.049 | p<0.001* |
Auditory extinction | p = 0.969 | p = 0.001* | p<0.001* |
Aphasia | p = 0.323 | p = 0.070 | p = 0.163 |
MMSE | p = 0.001* | p = 0.258 | p<0.001* |