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Utility of California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition, recall discriminability indices in the evaluation of traumatic brain injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2007

JACOBUS DONDERS  and
JACOB B. NIENHUIS
JACOBUS DONDERS
Affiliation:
Psychology Service, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan
JACOB B. NIENHUIS
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Abstract

The performance of 23 patients with moderate–severe traumatic brain injury on the California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition (CVLT-II; Delis et al., 2000) was compared with that of 23 matched healthy controls to determine whether recall discriminability indices, which take into account both correct target recall and intrusive errors, would provide better diagnostic classification than traditional variables that are based exclusively on correct recall. Patients with traumatic brain injury recalled fewer correct words, and also made more intrusive errors, on CVLT-II short and long delay, free and cued recall trials (p < .02 for all variables after Stepdown Bonferroni correction). However, recall discriminability indices yielded a classification of clinical versus control participants (72%) that was not significantly different from one based on traditional variables (74%). We conclude that CVLT-II recall discriminability indices do not routinely provide an advantage over traditional variables in patients with traumatic brain injury. (JINS, 2007, 13, 354–358.)

Keywords

AssessmentLearningMemoryTraumatic brain injurySensitivitySpecificity
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 354 - 358
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© 2007 The International Neuropsychological Society

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