Welcoming a Paradigm Shift in Occupational Therapy: Symptom Validity Measures and Cognitive Assessment
| Autor: | Angela Fleming, Karen Rucas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult
Male Occupational therapy Malingering medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Standardized test Context (language use) Neuropsychological Tests Diagnosis Differential Disability Evaluation Young Adult Nonverbal communication Cognition Occupational Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Child Psychiatry Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Test (assessment) Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Paradigm shift Female Cognition Disorders Psychology business Psychosocial Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 22:23-31 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9109 2327-9095 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23279095.2013.822873 |
| Popis: | Until now, occupational therapists have been limited in their ability to access methods designed to ensure that formal cognitive and psychosocial testing results were valid. These standardized symptom validity tests (SVTs) are now considered mandatory during neuropsychological testing, particularly within a medical-legal context. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of symptom validity testing by occupational therapists involved in a medical-legal setting and to determine whether data obtained are in keeping with findings from other professions. Thirty-six consecutive medical-legal clients were administered the Nonverbal Medical Symptom Validity Test, the Medical Symptom Validity Test, or both during the course of standardized testing. Test administration revealed a failure rate on SVTs of 48%, indicating other occupational therapy formal cognitive or psychosocial test results within those assessments were invalid. These findings are in keeping with a vast international body of research on use of symptom validity measures. We recommend implementation of symptom validity measures in all cognitive and psychosocial test situations. |
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