Detecting malingered pain-related disability: Classification accuracy of the portland digit recognition test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 850-869

  Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b   Etherton, Joseph L ^b,c   Ord, Jonathan S ^a   Curtis, Kelly L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cognition; Criterion groups validation; Known groups design; Malingering; Response bias; Symptom validity test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849101738     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040802585055     Document Type: Article

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