August 8, 2025

Performance Validity Testing in Patients with Substance Abuse in Addiction Care.

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Retrospective analysis of performance validity testing in SUD patients reveals varying failure rates and implications for cognitive assessment.

Suboptimal performance on neuropsychological tests is common in patients with substance use disorder.
Analysis of PVTs showed failure rates from 1.3% to 36% across different tests in the inpatient population.
Low agreement and correlations between performance validity tests highlight measurement challenges in addiction care.
Findings emphasize the need for appropriate PVT selection to ensure valid neuropsychological assessments.

Mastboom et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Retrospective analysis of performance validity testing in SUD patients reveals varying failure rates and implications for cognitive assessment.