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Examining false positives on the Word Memory Test in adults with mild traumatic brain injury
Brain Injury, 07/30/09

Green P et al. – Comparison with developmentally disabled children on the Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT) suggests that the adults with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) who failed the Word Memory Test (WMT) did not try to perform well on either test; their results were invalid. False positive results on the WMT in adults with mild TBI are very rare.

Methods

Study of false positive results in adults with MTBI who failed the WMT effort subtests
Administration of the modified and shortened WMT and MSVT to adults with MTBI, some of whom failed the WMT
Administration of the WMT to schoolchildren in Grades ≥2, to children with developmental disabilities, and to healthy adults

Results

MSVT failures more frequent in adults with MTBI vs second grade children or children with developmental disabilities
Adults with MTBI who failed the WMT scored much lower on the MSVT effort subtests than children with mean FSIQ of 63 and much lower than children with impaired memory

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