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Table 5 Spearman’s correlations between MCSDS and cognitive function scores

From: Socially desirable responding in geriatric outpatients with and without mild cognitive impairment and its association with the assessment of self-reported mental health

 

Cognitive Z-score

Global cognition

Memory

Attention/Executive

MCSDS

Simple

Partial

Simple

Partial

Simple

Partial

Component 1

−0.11

(0.067)

− 0.11

(0.069)

− 0.07

(0.215)

− 0.05

(0.432)

−0.10

(0.099)

−0.10

(0.078)

Component 2

−0.07

(0.239)

− 0.05

(0.430)

−0.03

(0.581)

− 0.02

(0.759)

−0.04

(0.550)

− 0.01

(0.870)

Item 5

−0.05

(0.356)

− 0.04

(0.531)

−0.06

(0.338)

− 0.06

(0.353)

−0.05

(0.352)

−0.04

(0.462)

Item 6

0.05

(0.414)

0.00

(0.933)

−0.03

(0.598)

−0.05

(0.451)

0.06

(0.331)

0.02

(0.705)

Item 7

−0.15

(0.009)

−0.12

(0.049)

− 0.15

(0.010)

−0.11

(0.070)

− 0.16

(0.005)

−0.14

(0.017)

Item 8

−0.08

(0.194)

−0.08

(0.175)

− 0.06

(0.332)

−0.05

(0.406)

− 0.05

(0.349)

−0.06

(0.286)

  1. Legend
  2. Correlations expressed as correlation coefficient (P-value). Partial correlations controlling for age, sex, education, income and GDS-s, STPI-TA and CIRS-m scores. Statistically significant results are shown in bold typeface. Abbreviations: MCSDS Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale; GDS-s short Geriatric Depression Scale; STPI-TA State-Trait Personality Inventory Trait Anxiety subscale; CIRS-m Cumulative Illness Rating Scale comorbidity
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BMC Geriatrics

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