Abstract

We evaluated the classification accuracy of two abbreviated versions of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in prediction of results on the full-length instrument in a sample of 126 children who were evaluated within 1–12 months after traumatic brain injury. Both a version based on administration of Trial 1 and a version based on administration of only the first 10 items of Trial 1 had acceptable specificity (i.e., > .90) and sensitivity (i.e., > .60) with regard to prediction of pass/fail results on the complete TOMM. Failure on the TOMM suppressed performance on measures of processing speed that were otherwise sensitive to severity of traumatic brain injury. We conclude that these abbreviated versions of the TOMM can be used in clinical practice with children with traumatic brain injury, at the discretion of the neuropsychologist.

摘要

我们在126名儿童中，在脑外伤后1到12个月内进行了评估，评估了记忆缩写测试（TOMM）的两个缩写版本的分类准确性，以预测全长仪器的结果。在通过/预测方面，基于试验1的版本和仅基于试验1的前10个项目的版本都具有可接受的特异性（即> .90）和敏感性（即> .60）。在完整的TOMM上失败的结果。TOMM的故障抑制了处理速度的测量性能，而测量速度对创伤性脑损伤的严重程度敏感。我们得出结论，在神经心理学家的判断下，这些缩写形式的TOMM可以用于患有颅脑损伤的儿童的临床实践中。