title: Use of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in the detection of malingering in student simulator and patient samples.
abstract: We analyzed the ability of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test to distinguish between 41 malingering and 31 normal undergraduates, and 17 probable malingering and 16 brain injured patients. A logistic regression consisting of number of categories (CAT) and failure to maintain set (FMS) distinguished malingering and normal undergraduates with 70.7% sensitivity, 87.1% specificity, and 77.8% overall classification, and distinguished patients suspected of malingering from brain injured controls with 82.4% sensitivity, 93. 3% specificity, and 87.5% overall classification.
authors.affiliation: Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. suhr@oak.catsohiou.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Suhr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity