L Reznek1. 1. University of Toronto-Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario MN4 3M5, Canada. ashaki.adonis@sw.ca
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Rey 15-Item Memory Test (RMT) is frequently used to detect malingering. Many objections to the test have been raised. Nevertheless, the test is still widely used. OBJECTIVE: To provide a meta-analysis of the available studies using the RMT and provide an overall assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of the test, based on the cumulative data. RESULTS: The results show that, excluding patients with mental retardation, the RMT has a low sensitivity but an excellent specificity. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide the basis for the ongoing use of the test, given that it is acceptable to miss some cases of malingering with such a screening test, but one does not want to have many false positives.
BACKGROUND: The Rey 15-Item Memory Test (RMT) is frequently used to detect malingering. Many objections to the test have been raised. Nevertheless, the test is still widely used. OBJECTIVE: To provide a meta-analysis of the available studies using the RMT and provide an overall assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of the test, based on the cumulative data. RESULTS: The results show that, excluding patients with mental retardation, the RMT has a low sensitivity but an excellent specificity. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide the basis for the ongoing use of the test, given that it is acceptable to miss some cases of malingering with such a screening test, but one does not want to have many false positives.
Authors: Aleksandra Gozt; Melissa Licari; Alison Halstrom; Hannah Milbourn; Stephen Lydiard; Anna Black; Glenn Arendts; Stephen Macdonald; Swithin Song; Ellen MacDonald; Philip Vlaskovsky; Sally Burrows; Michael Bynevelt; Carmela Pestell; Daniel Fatovich; Melinda Fitzgerald Journal: Brain Sci Date: 2020-01-02