Table 2 Results of the pre- and postoperative neurocognitive testing
Test | Control group | OSAS group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | P value | Pre | post | P value | |
DemTect (points) | 18 (13–18) | 14 (8–18) | < 0.0005 | 16 (12–18) | 15 (12–18) | 0.81 |
RBMT (points) | 39 (14–58) | 25 (6–47) | 0.0024 | 35 (16–51) | 37 (15–58) | 0.0041 |
ZVT (mm:ss) | 02:00 (01:13–03:32) | 01:47 (00:55–2:51) | 0.019 | 01:47 (01:06–2:59) | 01:43 (01:03–2:49) | 0.0055 |
TMT (mm:ss) | 01:59 (00:47–03:49) | 02:14 (00:53–3:20) | 0.11 | 01:43 (00:42–04:30) | 01:32 (00:34–3:34) | 0.22 |
Digit Span Forwards (points) | 9 (6–12) | 7 (4–12) | 0.010 | 8 (5–11) | 9 (4–12) | 0.033 |
Digit Span Backwards (points) | 7 (3–10) | 5 (3–10) | 0.011 | 6 (4–11) | 8 (3–11) | 0.050 |
SKT (points) | 1 (0–7) | 5 (1–9) | < 0.0005 | 3 (0–8) | 3 (1–7) | 0.24 |
FWIT (mm:ss) | 00:56 (00:40–01:19) | 00:58 (00:43–1:16) | 0.31 | 00:57 (00:45–01:15) | 00:55 (00:48–1:24) | 0.09 |