Publications by authors named "Janet T Le"
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent guidelines have had a substantial effect on social norms. This likely affected self-report assessment of psychopathology, namely those that assess obsessive-compulsive tendencies routinely used to screen for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It was hypothesized that self-report assessment of OCD likely produces inflated, non-discriminating scale scores.
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- Pre-surgical psychological assessments are increasingly required in the U.S. before surgeries for chronic back pain, with the MMPI-3 being a focal point of evaluation.
- A study involving 909 patients investigated the effectiveness of the MMPI-3 alongside self-reports on pain, disability, and emotional health before and after surgery.
- The results showed that MMPI-3 scores added up to 9% more predictive power for post-surgical outcomes, with emotional/internalizing dysfunction being the most significant indicator of poorer recovery.
Background: Metabolic and bariatric surgery is effective for sustained weight loss, but binge eating disorder (BED) can be associated with poorer outcomes and lead to weight regain. A common measure used to screen for BED is the Binge Eating Scale (BES). A BES cut-off score of ≥17 previously identified patients who have a high likelihood of meeting criteria for BED.
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