Top-Down Computerized Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: A Case Study of an Individual with Impairment in Verbal Fluency

Table 3

Reliable Change Index (RCI) for the neuropsychological variables.

	RCI
Cognitive Tests
Intelligence
Global IQ	0.919
Verbal episodic memory
CVLT-II total recall	−0.799
CVLT-II delayed recall	0.000
CVLT-II recognition	−0.930
Visual episodic memory
RCFT Immediate Recall	2.682^**
RCFT delayed recall	1.863^*
RCFT recognition	−3.194^**
Sustained attention
CPT-hit reaction time	−1.581
CPT-hit standard error	−0.565
Selective attention
CPT omissions	0.166
CPT commissions	0.569
CPT detectability	−0.386
Stroop D-KEFS inhibition	−0.167
Working Memory
Total spatial span	−1.068
Total digit span	0.811
Executive function/problem-solving
WCST total errors	−0.188
WCST number of categories completed	0.000
WCST trials 1st category	−0.083
WCST failure to maintain set	0.000
WCST learning to learn	−1.016
Executive function/initiation
Letter fluency test	2.196^**
Category fluency test	2.514^**
Executive function/planning
Total number of problems solved with minimal; movements	−1.890^*
Total time violations	0.000
Total rules violations	0.000
Clinical Tests
GAF	0.000
PANSS	−1.214
Positive Symptoms Scale	0.000
Negative Symptoms Scale	−0.497
General Psychopathological Scale	−0.180

Abbreviations: RCI: Reliable Change Index; GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning; PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.
^*Significant with unilateral criteria (cut off = 1.64); ^**Significant with bilateral criteria (cut-off = 1.96).