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Long story short: I support the position that there is significant incremental validity/utility to using some standardized instruments/psychological testing data for this purpose. Long list of arguments here I think.....one of which is in a position paper from AMBS.
Another: Psychological Assessment of the Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
“Interestingly, no assessors reported relying solely on the clinical interview for their evaluations. The likely explanation for this finding is that the patient feels tremendous pressure to appear psychologically fit so as to proceed with the surgery. This pressure can lead to the intentional and unintentional distortion of information presented by the patient. The value of objective psychological testing is that the commonly used measures have validity scales that detect when patients present information that is overly favorable.”“Interestingly, no assessors reported relying solely on the clinical interview for their evaluations. The likely explanation for this finding is that the patient feels tremendous pressure to appear psychologically fit so as to proceed with the surgery. This pressure can lead to the intentional and unintentional distortion of information presented by the patient. The value of objective psychological testing is that the commonly used measures have validity scales that detect when patients present information that is overly favorable.”
I would like to hear other data and/or clinically sound arguments for this approach. It's not like we don't this for our health, or for the paltry money from third party payers. Thanks!
Another: Psychological Assessment of the Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
“Interestingly, no assessors reported relying solely on the clinical interview for their evaluations. The likely explanation for this finding is that the patient feels tremendous pressure to appear psychologically fit so as to proceed with the surgery. This pressure can lead to the intentional and unintentional distortion of information presented by the patient. The value of objective psychological testing is that the commonly used measures have validity scales that detect when patients present information that is overly favorable.”“Interestingly, no assessors reported relying solely on the clinical interview for their evaluations. The likely explanation for this finding is that the patient feels tremendous pressure to appear psychologically fit so as to proceed with the surgery. This pressure can lead to the intentional and unintentional distortion of information presented by the patient. The value of objective psychological testing is that the commonly used measures have validity scales that detect when patients present information that is overly favorable.”
I would like to hear other data and/or clinically sound arguments for this approach. It's not like we don't this for our health, or for the paltry money from third party payers. Thanks!