title: Analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 profiles of prospective anonymous oocyte donors in relation to the outcome of the donor selection process.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the scores of prospective anonymous oocyte donors on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) in four outcome groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chart review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred fifty prospective anonymous oocyte donors who underwent a preliminary screening and a 1-hour structured psychological interview and who completed the MMPI-2.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychological evaluation prior to donation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scores on the MMPI-2 and outcomes of the donor selection process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy (47%) women were accepted as donors and completed one donation cycle; 30 (20%) were accepted as donors but did not donate because of medical reasons or relocation; 18 (12%) were accepted as donors but were noncompliant; and 32 (21%) were rejected as donors because of psychological concerns. Statistically significant differences were found between outcome groups on scales F, K, 1, 2, 7, 8, and 0. Although these differences were statistically significant, all group subscale mean scores were in the average to low-average range and differences between group means were small.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MMPI-2 differentiates between prospective donor outcome groups, but psychologists need to interpret the results of the MMPI-2 carefully in the context of clinical interview information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. sck318@nwu.edu
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Klock
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D018579:Patient Selection; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome