title: Replication of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in a traumatic brain injury and head trauma sample.
abstract: The purpose of the current study was to replicate the clinical validation study of the Test of Memory Malingering (Tombaugh, 19961997). Fifty cases were selected from two different participant pools: medically documented traumatic brain-injury patients and compensation-seeking, mild head trauma cases. Results replicated and expanded those found by Tombaugh and indicated that employing a Trial 2 cutting score of greater than 5 errors provided adequate sensitivity to suboptimal effort while demonstrating remarkable insensitivity to cognitively impaired traumatic brain-injury cases. Use of a lower cutting score (e.g., 2 to 5 errors) is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33601, USA. ahaber@tgh.org
authors.forename: Adele H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: Norman L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Fichtenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity