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Table 2 Results of intra-rater and inter-rater agreements of the test-retest reliability of the PEF

From: Reliability of the performance-based measure of executive functions in people with schizophrenia

Variable

Domain

Mean1 (SD1)

Mean2 (SD2)

ICC (95%CI)

MDC (MDC%)

Correlationa

t value (p value)

Intra-rater (nā€‰=ā€‰60)

Volition

59.4 (16.8)

60.0 (16.2)

0.92 (0.87,0.95)

13.0 (13.0%)

0.10

0.69 (0.490)

Planning

47.2 (14.8)

47.4 (14.1)

0.91 (0.85,0.94)

12.2 (16.4%)

0.11

0.23 (0.822)

Purposive action

58.2 (16.7)

62.2 (17.2)

0.88 (0.75,0.94)

16.2 (16.2%)

0.07

4.21 (0.000)*

Effective performance

46.7 (18.3)

49.4 (18.2)

0.90 (0.82,0.94)

16.3 (18.8%)

0.01

2.67 (0.010)*

Inter-rater (nā€‰=ā€‰60)

Volition

58.9 (14.7)

61.5 (13.7)

0.84 (0.73,0.90)

15.8 (15.8%)

0.14

2.63 (0.011)*

Planning

47.2 (16.4)

48.2 (13.9)

0.83 (0.73,0.89)

17.4 (20.0%)

0.29

0.92 (0.359)

Purposive action

59.7 (17.2)

63.2 (18.5)

0.82 (0.71,0.89)

20.9 (20.9%)

0.13

2.61 (0.011)*

Effective performance

48.0 (18.7)

50.4 (21.0)

0.89 (0.81,0.93)

18.6 (18.6%)

0.25

1.98 (0.052)

  1. PEF Performance-based measure of Executive Functions, SD standard deviation, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, MDC minimal detectable change
  2. aCorrelations between absolute differences and mean scores of the two assessments
  3. *pā€‰<ā€‰0.05