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Table 2 Psychophysical summary of temperature thresholds necessary to produce ratings at each condition in a sex-age matched sample of people with and without Alzheimer’s disease

From: Contact heat sensitivity and reports of unpleasantness in communicative people with mild to moderate cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study

 

Total (N = 80)

Control (N = 40)

AD (N = 40)

p-value

Cohen’s d

 

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

Median [IQR]

  

Just-noticeable warmth

     

 Temperature

33.0 [32–35]

32.0 [32–34]

34.0 [33–36]

0.002

0.64

 Affect

0.0 [0–2]

0.0 [0–2]

0.0 [0–1]

0.846

0.04

Weak pain

     

 Temperature

37.0 [35–41]

35.5 [34–39]

39.0 [35–42]

0.016

0.51

 Affect

4.0 [0–5]

3.3 [0–5]

4.0 [1–6]

0.402

0.18

Moderate pain

     

 Temperature

42.0 [38–45]

40.0 [38–44]

43.0 [39–45]

0.043

0.45

 Affect

6.0 [5–8]

6.0 [5–8]

6.5 [4–9]

0.867

0.04

  1. Temperature was measured in degrees Celsius (range = 30–55 °C). Affect is the affective distress measured via a 0–20 Unpleasantness scale (0 = neutral, 20 = extremely unpleasant). The p-value was derived from a Mann–Whitney U Test. AD Alzheimer’s disease, IQR interquartile range