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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of the VLMT variables

From: The effect of coaching on the simulated malingering of memory impairment

Variable

Cut-off

Specificity

Sensitivity

  

Patients

BE

NSS

TS

Trial 1

0

100

100

0

0

 

< 4

88

100

1.7

3.2

 

< 5

79

97

17

9.7

 

< 6

57

94

40.7

22.6

Trial 5

< 6

100

100

11.8

6.5

 

< 8

88

100

23.7

6.5

 

< 10

72

94

47.5

22.6

Trial 1-5

< 21

100

100

1.7

0

 

< 31

90

100

22

6.5

 

< 39

75

94

44

22.6

 

< 43

57

94

47.5

29

Interference list

0

100

100

0

0

 

< 4

90

100

10.2

9.7

 

< 5

75

100

34

32.3

Trial 6

0

100

100

0

0

 

< 5

90

100

25.4

9.7

 

< 7

72

100

45.8

19.3

Trial 7

0

100

100

0

0

 

< 2

90

100

3.9

3.2

 

< 7

72

100

50.8

29

Trial 6-5

< -2

100

100

0

0

 

< 1

90

100

18.6

9.7

 

< 2

75

100

44

35.5

Trial 7-5

< -2

100

100

0

0

 

< 0

90

100

13.6

0

 

< 2

63

100

32.2

12.9

Recognition

< 4

100

100

3.9

0

 

< 8

90

100

15.3

9.7

 

< 12

75

97

50.8

25.8

Corrected recognition score

< 2

100

100

25.4

6.5

 

< 6

90

100

40.7

6.5

 

< 11

72

94

66.1

51.6

3recallednotrecog

> 4

100

100

5.1

0

 

> 1

81

91

66.1

19.3

VLMT number of times the first word was recalled in trials 1 to 5

< 2

100

100

6.8

3.2

 

< 4

78

84.9

25.4

16.1

 

< 5

58

69.7

54.2

38.7

VLMT number of times the last word was recalled in trials 1 to 5

< 2

94

100

6.8

3.2

 

< 3

82

97

10.2

6.5

 

< 4

67

93.9

22

22.6

  1. See text for an explanation of the variables and abbreviations.