Table 2.

Performance (mean number of correct items) on the RBMT-3 subtests for the Korsakoff patients (KS), the cognitively impaired alcoholics (ALC) and the healthy controls (CON)

RBMT-3 subtest	KS (n = 49)			ALC (n = 49)			CON (n = 53)
	Mean	SD	d	Mean	SD	d	Mean	SD
Names	2.27	2.32	−1.81	3.98	2.59	−0.89	5.66	1.88
Belongings	4.24	1.92	−2.21	5.90	2.10	−0.82	6.87	1.19
Appointments	0.94	1.05	−2.46	2.31	1.40	−0.99	3.23	0.93
Picture Recognition – delayed	12.16	2.78	−4.03	14.08	1.30	−0.93	14.66	0.62
Story Recall – immediate	3.74	2.42	−0.92	4.91	2.79	−0.51	6.37	2.85
Story Recall – delayed	1.56	2.25	−1.39	4.02	2.92	−0.45	5.19	2.61
Face Recognition – delayed	8.86	3.27	−3.57	11.27	2.48	−1.64	13.32	1.25
Route Recall – immediate	6.20	2.42	−1.70	8.27	2.60	−0.90	10.58	2.58
Route Recall – delayed	4.78	2.58	−2.38	7.80	2.87	−1.20	10.89	2.57
Messages – immediate	4.57	1.67	−1.32	5.29	0.91	−0.44	5.64	0.81
Messages – delayed	2.94	1.91	−2.55	4.69	1.40	−0.81	5.51	1.01
Orientation and date	8.76	2.85	−2.97	11.66	1.44	−0.59	12.38	1.22
Novel Task – immediate	18.92	10.45	−1.95	27.92	10.79	−0.93	36.19	8.86
Novel Task – delayed	5.47	3.95	−2.67	11.31	4.81	−0.81	13.85	3.14
GMI	61.16	8.54	−2.63	76.00	11.96	−1.39	92.58	11.94

Abbreviations: RBMT-3, Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test – Third Edition; GMI, Global Memory Index; d, Cohen’s d, comparing patients with the controls; SD, standard deviation.