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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 May;25(5):531–539. doi: 10.1002/gps.2373

Table 3.

Comparison of neuropsychological measures by method of administration

SD of in-person at baseline Unadjusted (inp–tel) Adjusted (inp–tel)a

Diff. SE p 90% Lower for diff. 90% Upper for diff. 90% CI in equivalence zone? Diff. SE p 90% Lower for diff. 90% Upper for diff. 90% CI in equivalence zone?
Test
 MMSE Orientation total 0.36 −0.20 0.16 0.227 −0.47 0.07 N −0.23 0.17 0.172 −0.51 0.04 N
 WORLD backwards 0.19 0.11 0.10 0.333 −0.06 0.28 N 0.08 0.10 0.428 −0.09 0.25 N
 LM Immediate recall 3.70 −0.21 0.47 0.653 −0.98 0.56 Y −0.14 0.47 0.763 −0.92 0.64 Y
 LM Delayed recall 4.28 −0.71 0.48 0.128 −1.49 0.08 Y −0.67 0.48 0.169 −1.46 0.12 Y
 DSF 1.23 −0.15 0.16 0.370 −0.42 0.11 Y −0.18 0.16 0.270 −0.44 0.09 Y
 DSB* 1.13 −0.45 0.23 0.055 −0.83 −0.08 N −0.48 0.23 0.046 −0.86 −0.10 N
 O-TMT Part A* 2.47 −0.64 0.26 0.014 −1.06 −0.22 Y −0.63 0.26 0.021 −1.06 −0.20 Y
 O-TMT Part B 22.92 −1.02 2.68 0.717 −5.42 3.39 Y −1.20 2.67 0.656 −5.59 3.20 Y
 Letter Fluency 14.06 2.22 1.10 0.047 0.41 4.03 Y 2.20 1.13 0.058 0.34 4.06 Y
 Animal naming 5.31 0.17 0.48 0.730 −0.63 0.96 Y 0.19 0.48 0.693 −0.60 0.98 Y
SRT
 Total recall in first 3 trials 5.51 −2.60 0.97 0.014 −4.20 −1.01 N −2.74 0.97 0.007 −4.34 −1.14 N
 Delayed Recall (6-Trials vs. 3-Trials) 2.91 0.22 0.41 0.597 −0.45 0.89 Y 0.23 0.42 0.582 −0.45 0.92 Y

Note: LM I, Logical Memory Immediate Recall; LM II, Logical Memory Delayed Recall; DSF, Digit Span Forward; DSB, Digit Span Backward; O-TMT, Oral Trail Making Test; SRT, Selective Reminding Test.

a

Adjusted for age and education.

*

p <0.05;

DSB = better performance during telephone first; O-TMT-A = better performance during in-person first.