Detección de exageración de síntomas en esguince cervicalpacientes clínicos versus sujetos análogos

  1. María Pilar Capilla Ramirez
  2. Héctor González Ordi
  3. Pablo Santamaría Fernández
  4. María Isabel Casado Morales
Journal:
Trauma

ISSN: 1888-6116

Year of publication: 2014

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Pages: 4-10

Type: Article

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Abstract

A multidimensional study on the symptom exaggeration in whiplash is presented. The main aim is to detect discriminant patterns of malingered pain-related disability. Overall sample (n=77) was divided in two groups: whiplash patients (n=47), and analogue whiplash-instructed participants (n=30). Several medical and psychological tests: were administered to participants, including: medical complementary tests, the Neck Pain Questionnaire, the SF-36 Health Survey, the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS), and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 - Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). Data on mean group differences and predictive accuracy of the instruments used are presented.