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. 2019 May 1;19:100148. doi: 10.1016/j.scog.2019.100148

Table 2.

Predictors of cognitive improvement, by condition.

Variable Visuospatial memory
Rey-Osterreith improvement
List learning
CVLT-II improvement
Working memory
Digits back improvement
CR (r) Control (r) Difference (p) CR (r) Control (r) Difference (p) CR (r) Control (r) Difference (p)
Demographics
Age 0.031 0.221 −0.085 0.069 0.299^ −0.164
Education −0.170 −0.113 −0.231 −0.210 −0.224 −0.177
No. hospitalizations 0.353 −0.267 0.0316 0.312^ 0.055 0.026 −0.068
Age at 1st hosp −0.265 −0.135 −0.154 −0.069 −0.070 0.322
Age onset −0.037 0.042 −0.052 0.062 −0.099 0.066
WRAT −0.130 −0.354 −0.042 0.193 −0.246 −0.058
WASI IQ −0.263 0.187 −0.265 −0.142 −0.085 −0.087



Symptoms
PANSS positive 0.053 −0.188 0.010 0.478 −0.114 0.002
PANSS negative −0.039 −0.087 −0.075 0.345 −0.399⁎⁎ 0.188 0.0264
PANSS cognitive 0.050 −0.069 −0.077 0.313 −0.274^ 0.299
PANSS emotional −0.100 −0.206 −0.060 −0.077 −0.224 −0.125
PANSS hostility −0.092 −0.280 −0.322 −0.017 0.2543 −0.398⁎⁎ −0.117 0.2713



Self report
IMI interest 0.093 −0.060 −0.007 −0.102 0.028 0.134
IMI effort 0.152 0.198 0.111 −0.125 0.153 0.235
IMI competence −0.124 0.028 −0.128 0.017 −0.026 0.147
Rosenberg SES 0.182 −0.301 0.169 0.048 0.287^ −0.110



Cognition
Rey-O immediate −0.642⁎⁎⁎⁎ −0.576⁎⁎⁎ 0.7039 −0.284^ −0.113 −0.201 0.072
Rey-O 30-min delay −0.585⁎⁎⁎⁎ −0.546⁎⁎ 0.8337 −0.288^ −0.256 −0.162 0.002
WCST % CL −0.157 −0.446 −0.342 −0.178 0.5287 −0.330 −0.011 0.2301
WCST % PE Log 0.151 0.370^ 0.357 0.242 0.6527 0.294^ −0.108
CPT RefLog 0.187 0.033 0.075 0.075 0.204 0.210
BLERT −0.203 −0.020 −0.274^ −0.136 −0.124 −0.120
Trails A Log 0.033 0.355^ 0.011 −0.018 0.293^ −0.050
Trails B Log 0.112 −0.086 0.057 0.357^ 0.443⁎⁎⁎ −0.078 0.0444
CVLT Trials 1–5 Tot −0.071 −0.033 −0.747⁎⁎⁎⁎ −0.789⁎⁎⁎⁎ 0.7114 −0.356 0.097 0.0891
Logical Memory I −0.291^ 0.013 −0.350 −0.448 0.6745 −0.514⁎⁎⁎⁎ 0.034 0.0293
Logical Memory II −0.415⁎⁎ −0.146 0.2891 −0.407 −0.334 0.7642 −0.486⁎⁎⁎⁎ −0.168 0.1902
WAIS Digits forward 0.032 0.286 −0.097 0.192 −0.132 −0.546⁎⁎
WAIS Digits back −0.229 0.012 −0.352 0.058 0.126 −0.718⁎⁎⁎⁎ −0.830⁎⁎⁎⁎ 0.303



Functional ability
UPSA −0.197 −0.318 −0.335 −0.222 0.6599 −0.294^ −0.115
SSPA 0.002 −0.054 −0.152 −0.402^ −0.031 0.045
MMAA RefLog 0.272^ 0.238 0.195 0.362 0.368 0.137 0.3843

Note: BLERT, Bell Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task; CL, conceptual level response; CPT, Continuous Performance Test; CRT, Cognitive remediation; CVLT, California Verbal Learning Test-II; ILSS, Independent Living Skills Survey; IMI, Intrinsic Motivation Inventory for Schizophrenia Research; Log, Log 10 transformation; MMAA, Medication Management Ability Assessment; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; PE, perseverative errors; QLS, Quality of Life Scale; RefLog, Reflect and log 10 transformation; Rey-Osterreith; Rosenberg SES, Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; SSPA, Social Skills Performance Assessment; UPSA, UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment; WAIS, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 3rd edition; WASI IQ, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, estimate based on two-test score for vocabulary and matrix reasoning; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Task; WRAT, Wide Range Achievement Test.

^

p < 0.10.

p < 0.05.

⁎⁎

p < 0.01.

⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.005.

⁎⁎⁎⁎

p ≤ 0.001.