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Table 3 Means and standard deviations of the Chinese version of SIRS-2 scales for simulation design sample

From: Detection of malingering: psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the structured interview of reported symptoms-2

 

Simulator students

Honest inpatients

Honest students

F value

P value

(n = 40)

(n = 40)

(n = 40)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Mean(SD)

Primary scales

RS

10.23 (3.29)

2.38 (1.90)

0.73 (1.30)

191.91

p < 0.05

SC

11.73 (3.51)

4.33 (2.99)

1.05 (1.22)

188.47

p < 0.05

IA

9.33 (3.12)

1.28 (1.12)

0.80 (0.94)

232.92

p < 0.05

BL

18.48 (6.39)

8.73 (4.06)

0.55 (1.18)

164.47

p < 0.05

SU

13.85 (3.67)

8.05 (2.68)

2.15 (2.18)

161.77

p < 0.05

SEL

18.40 (7.27)

11.03 (3.53)

3.28 (2.52)

95.87

p < 0.05

SEV

6.80 (4.73)

3.08 (2.76)

0.05 (0.22)

45.68

p < 0.05

RO

6.10 (3.42)

0.43 (1.11)

0.33 (0.80)

96.83

p < 0.05

Supplementary scales

DA

5.43 (2.50)

3.05 (1.80)

2.45 (1.40)

26.12

p > 0.05

DS

24.23 (5.77)

20.80 (6.33)

17.60 (4.07)

14.67

p > 0.05

IF

10.45 (5.84)

1.80 (2.64)

0.20 (0.91)

87.16

p < 0.05

OS

6.80 (3.04)

1.33 (1.44)

0.28 (0.60)

126.22

p > 0.05

INC

4.95 (4.45)

0.48 (1.59)

0.00 (0.00)

40.13

p < 0.05

  1. Note. For Primary Scales, RS = Rare Symptoms, SC = Symptom Combinations, IA = Improbable or Absurd Symptoms, BL = Blatant Symptoms, SU = Subtle Symptoms, SEL = Selectivity of Symptoms, SEV = Severity of Symptoms, RO = Reported versus Observed Symptoms. For Supplementary Scales, DA = Direct Appraisal of Honesty, DS = Defensive Symptoms. IF = Improbable Failure (IF). OS = Overly Specified Symptoms. INC = Inconsistency of Symptoms.