Cognitive screening among acute respiratory failure survivors: a cross-sectional evaluation of the Mini-Mental State Examination

Table 5 Correlations of MMSE domain scores with corresponding neuropsychological test by demographic variables, ABC study data

MMSE domain	Corresponding neuropsychological test	All patients	Gender		Age
			Male	Female	<50	≥50
At Discharge:		(N = 61)	(n = 38)	(n = 23)	(n = 17)	(n = 44)
Attention	Digit Span total score	0.47^a	0.55^a	0.39	0.49^a	0.46^a
	Digit Span forward	0.29	0.32	0.31	0.32	0.28
	Digit Span backward	0.45^a	0.53^a	0.34	0.63^a	0.41^a
3 Months:		(n = 68–69)	(n = 37)	(n = 31–32)	(n = 19)	(n = 49–50)
Attention	Digit Span total score	0.34^a	0.38^a	0.29	−0.30	0.42^a
	Digit Span forward	0.20	0.27	0.12	−0.16	0.22
	Digit Span backward	0.39^a	0.35^a	0.45^a	−0.41	0.51^a
12 Months:		(n = 45–47)	(n = 21–22)	(n = 24–25)	(n = 10)	(n = 35–37)
Attention	Digit Span total score	0.47^a	0.48^a	0.47^a	0.62	0.45^a
	Digit Span forward	0.20	0.31	0.12	0.50	0.17
	Digit Span backward	0.49^a	0.57^a	0.33	0.32	0.52^a

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