Division of Psychology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Epilepsy Behav. 2011 Aug;21(4):397-401. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.05.023. Epub 2011 Jul 6.
The two most common personality measures used in evaluation of patients on epilepsy monitoring units (EMUs) are the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Both have been evaluated separately for their ability to distinguish patients with epilepsy from patients with psychogenic events, but they have never been compared directly. The primary aim of this study was to provide comparison data in an EMU population between the PAI, MMPI-2, and the MMPI-2-RF (MMPI-2 Restructured Form). Results show that the PAI Somatic Complaints (SOM) scale and the Conversion subscale (SOM-C), with classification rates of 79%, outperform other indicators from the PAI and indicators from the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-2-RF. Given its other strengths combined with better diagnostic validity performance, the PAI may be the better personality assessment measure for use in distinguishing patients with epilepsy from those with psychogenic seizures in the EMU.
在癫痫监测单元 (EMU) 中评估患者时，最常用的两种人格测量方法是人格评估量表 (PAI) 和明尼苏达多相人格问卷-2 (MMPI-2)。这两种方法都已分别评估了其区分癫痫患者和心因性事件患者的能力，但从未直接进行过比较。本研究的主要目的是在 EMU 人群中提供 PAI、MMPI-2 和 MMPI-2-RF (MMPI-2 重构形式) 之间的比较数据。结果表明，PAI 躯体症状 (SOM) 量表和转换子量表 (SOM-C) 的分类率为 79%，优于 PAI 的其他指标以及 MMPI-2 和 MMPI-2-RF 的指标。鉴于其其他优势以及更好的诊断有效性表现，PAI 可能是在 EMU 中区分癫痫患者和心因性癫痫患者的更好人格评估方法。
