Wood Rodger Ll, Rutterford Neil A
Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2006 Apr;21(3):239-46. doi: 10.1016/j.acn.2005.12.004. Epub 2006 Mar 15.
A number of studies have questioned the reliability of psychological data collected from those involved in litigation following mild head trauma. This study examines two severely injured groups, one litigant, the other non-litigant, at 4 months and 10 years post injury. No differences were identified between the groups on measures of cognitive ability to suggest underachievement at an early stage of recovery, when the litigant group was assessed medico-legally or after an interval of 10 years post injury. Measures of psychosocial outcome and psychological morbidity at 10 years post injury failed to show any significant differences between the groups, indicating that the process of litigation did not have any long term effects in respect of illness behaviour. The results of this study are consistent with data from another study that assessed litigants and non-litigants after severe head injury, but differs from studies that examine cases of minor injury.
一些研究对从轻度头部创伤后参与诉讼的人员那里收集的心理数据的可靠性提出了质疑。本研究在受伤后4个月和10年时对两个重伤组进行了检查，一组是诉讼当事人，另一组是非诉讼当事人。在认知能力测量方面，两组之间未发现差异，这表明在恢复早期，当对诉讼当事人组进行法医评估或在受伤10年后进行评估时，不存在未达预期的情况。受伤10年后的社会心理结果和心理发病率测量结果未能显示两组之间有任何显著差异，这表明诉讼过程对疾病行为没有任何长期影响。本研究结果与另一项对重伤后的诉讼当事人和非诉讼当事人进行评估的研究数据一致，但与检查轻伤病例的研究不同。
