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Table 3 Results of index and subtest without affecting by different levels of the Clinical Dementia Rating

From: Practice effect and test–retest reliability of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition in people with dementia

Index/subtest

Mean1 (SD1)

Mean2 (SD2)

Cohen’s d

Mean practice effect (p-value)

ICC (95% CI)

SEM

SEdiff

RCIp with 95% CI

Mild severity (n = 29)

  AMI

52.1 (11.5)

55.6 (12.0)

0.45

3.4 (0.024)*

0.76 (0.53, 0.88)

5.6

8.0

-12.2, 19.1

  IMI

57.4 (12.8)

63.1 (13.6)

0.74

5.8 (< 0.001)*

0.76 (0.36, 0.90)

6.3

8.9

-11.8, 23.3

  LM II

2.2 (2.1)

3.0 (2.9)

0.46

0.8 (0.019)*

0.73 (0.48, 0.87)

1.1

1.5

-2.2, 3.7

  VR I

4.3 (3.2)

5.8 (3.7)

0.62

1.4 (0.002)*

0.72 (0.38, 0.87)

1.7

2.4

-3.3, 6.2

Moderate to severe severity (n = 27)

  AMI

45.4 (4.9)

45.5 (5.3)

0.05

0.1 (0.805)

0.96 (0.91, 0.98)

1.0

1.5

-2.8, 2.9

  IMI

43.2 (6.9)

43.7 (8.0)

0.07

0.3 (0.721)

0.84 (0.53, 0.92)

2.8

3.9

-7,3, 7.9

  LM II

2.2 (1.3)

2.2 (1.3)

0.00

0.0 (1.000)

0.90 (0.79, 0.95)

0.4

0.6

-1.1, 1.1

  VR I

1.7 (1.9)

1.9 (2.1)

0.14

0.2 (0.485)

0.78 (0.57, 0.89)

0.9

1.3

-2.3, 2.7

  1. AMI auditory memory, IMI immediate memory, LM II logical memory delayed recall, VR I visual reproduction immediate recall, SD standard deviation, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, SEM standard error of measurement, SEdiff standard error of the differences, RCIp reliable change index modified for practice
  2. *Significant at p < 0.05