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The concurrent validity of a brief screening test, the Multidimensional Health Profile-Health Functioning (MHP-H) was examined in conjunction with a much more lengthy pre-operative assessment procedure in 449 applicants for gastric bypass surgery (GBS). The MHP-H is a 69-item screening inventory that assesses five areas of health functioning: Adult Health History, Health Habits, Health Care Utilization, Health Beliefs and Attitudes, and Response to Illness. The more lengthy procedure included a comprehensive 273-item structured interview plus the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), Basic Personality Inventory (BPI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The MHP-H showed significant correspondence with the more comprehensive assessment on measures of potential relevance to outcome in GBS, supporting the use of the MHP-H as a low-cost alternative to the more extensive procedure. The utility of the MHP-Psychosocial Functioning (MHP-P), a companion instrument to the MHP-H, was demonstrated in an earlier study.
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The following persons served as research assistants in this project, including the coding procedures: Lourdes Charles, Margaret Kern, Kerryn Moore, Lisa Weise, Jessica Williams, and Leann Williams. The authors would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Heather Burzinski, who provided extensive support to the research team.
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Lanyon, R.I., Maxwell, B.M., Karoly, P. et al. Concurrent Validity of the Multidimensional Health Profile—Health Functioning Scales (MHP-H) in the Pre-operative Assessment of Applicants for Gastric Bypass Surgery. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 14, 41–49 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-007-9054-y
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