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Table 2 Measurement characteristics of the three models

From: Quantifying cognition at the bedside: a novel approach combining cognitive symptoms and signs in HIV

Model

Items remaining/tested

Fit χ2 (p)

Item location (logits)

Person location (logits)

Internal reliabilitya (PSI)

   

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

MoCA alone

23/28

47.946df (0.39)

0.0 (1.3)

2.3 (0.9)

0.40

MoCA + computerized items

23/23 + 9/14

69.860df (0.18)

0.0 (1.5)

1.9 (1.1)

0.69

MoCA + computerized items+ PDQ items

21/23 + 8/9 + 9/20

96.376df (0.06)

0.0 (1.4)

1.9 (0.7)

0.73

  1. aInternal reliability or Person Separation Index (PSI) is interpreted as a Cronbach’s alpha