These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Time savings and accuracy of a simulated flexible and conditional administration of the MMPI-2-RF in presurgical psychological evaluations of bariatric surgery candidates.
    Author: Tarescavage AM, Ben-Porath YS, Marek RJ, Boutacoff L, Heinberg LJ.
    Journal: Surg Obes Relat Dis; 2019 May; 15(5):732-738. PubMed ID: 30904425.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) has empirically validated utility in presurgical psychological evaluations of bariatric surgery patients. However, clinicians may prefer shorter, symptom-focused measures. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the feasibility and potential administration time savings of a proposed flexible and conditional (FCA) administration of the MMPI-2-RF in presurgical evaluations of bariatric surgery candidates. SETTING: Bariatric surgery candidates evaluated at a large hospital as well as a private practice in the Midwest. METHODS: MMPI-2-RF scores were available for a total of 4099 adult bariatric surgery candidates from 2 separate samples. The hospital sample included 911 males and 2430 females. The average BMI was 49.3 kg/m2 (SD = 11.0). The private practice sample included 105 males, 640 females, and 13 individuals who did not report gender. The average BMI was 48.8 kg/m2 (SD = 8.4). The authors used a simulation design in which existing MMPI-2-RF responses were used to simulate an FCA administration. RESULTS: The findings indicated that an FCA of the MMPI-2-RF closely approximates the amount of information typically gained from a full administration of the test in the 2 samples of bariatric surgery candidates. Items savings and estimated time savings ranged from 44% to 88% in both samples, depending on the number of conditionally administered scales. CONCLUSIONS: The present study supports the feasibility of an FCA of the MMPI-2-RF, potentially shortening administration time and reducing patient burden. However, the findings are limited because the accuracy and time savings are based on a simulation, not actual FCA administrations.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]