| Title: |
87 Examining the use of the Embedded Performance Validity Test in the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised Among Spanish-Speaking Patients |
| Authors: |
Castillo, Liliam R; Bushell, Christine M; Coll, Sofia; Salinas, Lilian; Barr, William B |
| Source: |
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ; volume 29, issue s1, page 760-761 ; ISSN 1355-6177 1469-7661 |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Description: |
Objective: The Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) Recognition Discrimination (RD) index has emerged as an embedded performance validity test (PVT). However, there do not appear to be any studies that have examined its utility in Spanish-speaking samples. This pilot study examined the classification accuracy of the BVMT-R RD for detecting performance invalidity in a Spanish-speaking forensic sample. Participants and Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized a sample of 89 Spanish speakers that were administered the BVMT-R during an outpatient neuropsychological evaluation. Out of the 89 Spanish speakers, 43 were subjects in litigation, 32 were neurological patients evaluated for clinical purposes, and 14 were healthy controls. The sample was 67% male/33% female, 53% South American, 33% Caribbean (Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cuban), 10% Central American, 3% North American (Mexican), and 1% Spanish, with a mean age of 44.2 years (SD = 14.2; range = 20-78) and mean education of 11 years (SD = 3.7; range = 0-20). Test administration for each patient was completed in Spanish by a fluent, Spanish-speaking examiner. In total, 64/89 (72%) were classified as valid and 25/89 (28%) as invalid based on performance across the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), at least one additional PVT (Rey-15 item memory test; Rey Dot Counting Test; Reliable Digit Span; WHO-AVLT recognition trial) and objective diagnostic criteria identifying invalid performance. Analyses included three univariate analyses of variance (ANOVA), with the groups (healthy vs neurological vs litigation) as independent variables and performance on BVMT-RD as the dependent variable. Results: Statistically significant differences among the groups were found F(2,86)=8.32, p < .001). Post-hoc analysis (Scheffe test) showed the mean of the litigation group to be significantly lower than the means of the other two groups (healthy and neurological), which showed no difference between them. An ANOVA with validity groups as the fixed factor and BVMT-R RD ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1017/s1355617723009451 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617723009451; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1355617723009451 |
| Rights: |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AE5D82D2 |
| Database: |
BASE |