Disease relevance of Psychological Tests

• Forty-five ambulatory patients with primary fibromyalgia syndrome (PFS), 30 with rheumatoid arthritis, and 32 normal controls were administered 3 psychological tests: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Life Events Inventory, and the Assertiveness-Aggressiveness Inventory [1].
• METHODS: Twenty consecutive women with facial hirsutism were studied by administration of psychologic tests (DeRogatis Symptom Inventory and the Affects Balance Scale) [2].
• There are also contradictory results concerning the possible correlation of neurophysiological and psychological test results during the course of Graves' disease with thyroid hormone values [3].
• Longitudinal psychological test results are used as dependent variables to explore the complex relationship between length of coma, time of testing on the recovery curve, and corresponding cognitive status after traumatic brain injury (TBI) [4].
• 87 subjects with varying intensities of constant low back pain answered a pain questionnaire which included Graphic Rating Scales and took part in a battery of psychological tests (Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Meta-Contrast Technique, the Separation Test, and the Rod-and-Frame Test) [5].

Psychiatry related information on Psychological Tests

• Six psychological tests, which reflect various aspects of higher cortical ability, were used to evaluate the effect of cyclandelate on the dementia [6].
• On the 1st and 3rd days of each of the three treatment periods subjects completed a battery of psychological tests including Critical Flicker Fusion (CFFT), Choice Reaction Time (CRT), tests of memory and subjective drug effects at 1, 2, 4 and 6 h after dosing [7].
• Other psychological test data revealed no specific personality patterns in the DMD patients, particularly no pattern of conversion hysteria or hysteria [8].
• There were also no significant differences on the following psychological tests: Wechsler Bellevue, Progressive Matrices, Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale, Maudsley Personality Inventory, Slater Selective Vocabulary--except that the nonpaired group knew fewer male words [9].
• The psychological tests comprised the Symptom Checklist 90-R, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the NEO-Five Factor Inventory [10].

High impact information on Psychological Tests

• Since neither of the psychological tests allow more than one response per item, it appears that methylphenidate truly effects pathological thought processes and decreases common word associations as such, rather than merely making these processes more evident by increasing verbalization [11].
• Methylphenidate hydrochloride effects on psychological tests in acute schizophrenic and nonpsychotic patients [11].
• METHODS: Comprehensive neuropsychological and psychological tests were administered to 51 non-CNS SLE patients, 29 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and 27 healthy controls [12].
• Seventy-six ambulatory patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and a comparison group of 23 ambulatory patients with rheumatoid arthritis were given a structured interview and standard psychological tests, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, to determine the psychosocial impact of the illness [13].
• The recent period was remarkable for the revision of important psychological tests, including the MMPI, CPI, and MCMI, and for the emergence of new inventories, including the BPI and the ISI [14].

Chemical compound and disease context of Psychological Tests

• Methylphenidate was instrumental in improving performance on many psychological tests, but did not affect performance on standardized achievement tests [15].
• The effects of diazepam (0.2 mg/kg for 15 days followed by 0.3 mg/kg for 7 days), oxazepam (0.8 mg/kg for 15 days followed by 1.2 mg/kg for 7 days), and placebo were studied in healthy subjects after the first dose, once a week during chronic dosing, and at 48 and 96 hours after withdrawal through a battery of psychologic tests [16].
• The results of psychologic tests reflecting visual-spatial planning were significantly better for the four children receiving CS with lower IQ scores (87 to 105) but not for the nine children with higher IQ scores (111 to 134) [17].
• Finger tremor increased, and some psychologic tests were impaired by thioridazine; other psychologic tests, the auditory-evoked response, and palmar skin conductance were unaffected and showed no relationship to drug or prolactin levels [18].
• Some patients showed improvements (greater than 20%) in peak expiratory flow, FEV1 or forced vital capacity (FVC) after prednisolone, but nearly all had improvements in at least one psychological test [19].

Biological context of Psychological Tests

• Exercise tolerance was evaluated using the Six-minute Walking Distance Test (6MWD), dyspnoea at rest and on exercise was measured using the visual analogue scale, and the emotional status was evaluated using the battery of psychological tests [20].
• The basic diagnostic procedure included an environmental toxicology questionnaire, psychological tests, a 45 minute interview, a physical examination and standard biomonitoring for cadmium, mercury, lead, lindane, hexachlorobenzene, DDT, DDE, DDD, and pentachlorophenol and a salivary test for mercury released from amalgam [21].
• The relationship between parameters of visually evoked potentials (VEPs) and the results of a psychological test assessing the speed of motor reaction to visual stimuli was examined in 21 patients with chronic carbon disulphide intoxication [22].
• Cortisol and catecholamine levels in labor did not correlate with postpartum psychological test scores [23].
• Combinations of atropine (up to 4 mg.70 kg-1) and 2-PAM Cl (up to 1200 mg.70 kg-1) were studied for their effects on a pursuit tracking task, six visual functions, heart rate and blood pressure, and cognitive functions as measured by six psychological tests [24].

Anatomical context of Psychological Tests

• We detected modifications of some psychological test scores between the Baseline and Stress evaluation, a significant reduction of lymphocyte proliferation, IL-2 production and percentage of the lymphocyte CD19, and an increase in plasma cortisol levels during stress [25].

Gene context of Psychological Tests

• OBJECTIVE: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is known to have neuropsychological consequences that are evident from psychological tests and from measures of school failure [26].
• One hour following treatment, subjects completed a battery of psychological tests including critical flicker fusion (CFF), choice reaction time (CRT), subjective ratings of drug effects (LARS) and a Sternberg memory scanning test [27].
• DESIGN AND METHODS: Fifty-four patients were classified into groups with a high (n = 9), normal (n = 35) or low plasma renin activity (n = 10), and were compared with 20 normotensive subjects by psychological tests [28].
• We developed a novel computer-assisted psychological test (the Searchlight Test) in order to explore 'cognitive fragmentation' and its relation to thought disorder in schizophrenic patients [29].
• Patients who had depression in psychological test (SDS) were omitted [30].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Psychological Tests

• These involved increases of blood flow and nicotine binding as evaluated by positron-emission tomography as well as improvement of the EEG and certain psychological tests, tapping verbal episodic memory [31].
• 1. The effects of oral administration of 250 mg caffeine or theophylline and placebo on subjective ratings and psychological test performance were studied in a double-blind crossover experiment in 20 healthy elderly subjects [32].
• Accordingly, several formal psychological tests of items such as mood, motivation, and anxiety were used in a double-blinded crossover study in 17 hypertensive subjects taking equipotent beta blocking agents with high (propranolol) and low (atenolol) lipid solubility [33].
• In a subgroup of 20 patients, there was no change in psychological tests, oral glucose tolerance, glycosylated haemoglobin or serum triglycerides over the first year of GH treatment [34].
• A questionnaire was used to survey the methaqualone experiences of college student users, and psychological test data from these users and a control group of non-users were compared [35].

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