TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and assessment of malingering in homicide defendants using the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Rey 15-Item Memory Test
AU - Myers, Wade C.
AU - Hall, Ryan C. W.
AU - Tolou-Shams, Marina
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This study surveyed malingering prevalence in pretrial homicide defendants and assessed the usefulness of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Rey 15-Item Memory Test (FIT) in detecting malingering among them. Malingering prevalence was 17%. MMSE and FIT scores were positively correlated. The MMSE and FIT had modest positive predictive value (67% and 43%), but reasonably good negative predictive value (93% and 89%), for malingering. Overall, the MMSE outperformed the FIT, with no advantage to combined use of the MMSE and FIT over the MMSE. The widely used MMSE, traditionally a bedside test of cognition, may have a role in malingering assessment.
AB - This study surveyed malingering prevalence in pretrial homicide defendants and assessed the usefulness of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Rey 15-Item Memory Test (FIT) in detecting malingering among them. Malingering prevalence was 17%. MMSE and FIT scores were positively correlated. The MMSE and FIT had modest positive predictive value (67% and 43%), but reasonably good negative predictive value (93% and 89%), for malingering. Overall, the MMSE outperformed the FIT, with no advantage to combined use of the MMSE and FIT over the MMSE. The widely used MMSE, traditionally a bedside test of cognition, may have a role in malingering assessment.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/549013
U2 - 10.1177/1088767912465609
DO - 10.1177/1088767912465609
M3 - Article
SN - 1088-7679
VL - 17
SP - 314
EP - 328
JO - Homicide Studies
JF - Homicide Studies
IS - 3
ER -