Assessing the Utility of MMPI-2-RF-EX in Detecting Simulated Underreporting of Current Suicide Risk in Military Veterans

The Ohio State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Suicidal Ideation; Suicidal

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2- Restructured Form - Experimental

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04896151

2020B0414

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the current project are is examine the incremental predictive utility of the MMPI-2-RF-EX validity scales in detecting simulated underreporting of suicide risk on the MMPI-2-RF-EX and other self-report measures of suicide risk in 150 military Veterans experiencing past-month death or suicidal ideation.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• US military veteran
• death or suicidal ideation/suicide attempt within the past month

Exclusion criteria

• non-Veteran status
• acute intoxication or active psychosis precluding provision of informed consent
• an inability to communicate and comprehend English
• residence outside the United States
• lack of past-month death/suicide ideation or attempt
• younger than 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard MMPI

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be instructed to complete the MMPI-2-RF-EX and other measures under standard conditions (e.g., to not simulate underreporting of suicide risk).

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2- Restructured Form - Experimental

Simulation MMPI

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be instructed to conceal current suicide risk when completing the MMPI-2-RF-EX and other measures.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory -2- Restructured Form - Experimental