Hepatitis C virus eradication improves immediate and delayed episodic memory in patients treated with interferon and ribavirin

Table 3 Neuropsychological domains in patients before and after antiviral treatment, regardless of the viral clearance

Domain	Baseline (n = 19)	6 months after treatment (n = 19)	p-value
Domain	M ± SD*	M ± SD*	p-value
Immediate episodic memory	−1.50 ± 1.05	−0.74 ± 0.92	0.010**
Delay episodic memory	−1.36 ± 1.12	−0.79 ± 1.22	0.007**
Memory recognition	−0.19 ± 1.11	0.13 ± 1.18	0.293
Working memory	0.12 ± 0.65	0.15 ± 0.51	0.670
Focused attention	−0.86 ± 1.49	−0.65 ± 1.51	0.421
Divided attention	−1.51 ± 1.47	−0.50 ± 1.22	0.142
Selective attention	−2.10 ± 1.28	−0.20 ± 0.97	0.000**
Phonemic verbal fluency	−0.73 ± 1.13	−0.34 ± 1.08	0.043**
Semantic verbal fluency	−0.39 ± 1.15	−0.53 ± 1.04	0.705
Dominant hand coordination	−1.62 ± 1.27	−1.24 ± 1.57	0.258
Non dominant hand coordination	−1.58 ± 1.23	−1.18 ± 1.79	0.298

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