Characteristics and Related Factors of Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition of Chinese Version for Mental Retardation
Abstract：Objective To investigate the memory characteristics and related factors of patients with mental retardation. Methods 73 pa-tients with mental retardation (patient group) and 73 normal subjects (control group) matched with the patient group were respectively tested with Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition of Chinese Version (WMS-IV). Results The scores of each subtest and composite scores of WMS-IV were significantly lower in the patient group than in the control group (P<0.01). All the composite scores positively correlated with each other in the patient group (r=0.38-0.90, P<0.01) and in the control group (r=0.31-0.94, P<0.01). Age and education level positive-ly correlated with all the composite scores (except the Visual Working Memory Index) in the patient group (P<0.05). Conclusion The pa-tients with mental retardation present an overall decline in memory, especially in the immediate memory. The memory function in patients is related with their ages and education levels.
Keywords：mental retardationmemoryWechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition of Chinese Version
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 558-561 )