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This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of scientific literature on the detection of malingered pain in a medico-legal setting. Based on Bianchini, Greve & Glynn (2005), criteria for detecting malingered pain-related disability, medical and psychological assessment strategies and procedures within a multidimensional framework are addressed, including evidence of external benefits and physical (medical), neuropsychological, and self-report convergent data for the diagnostic of malingering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this paper is the elaboration of an instrument to assess quality of life (QL) of aging persons with disability. It has been applied to a sample of 2.292 persons older than 45 years, from different regions of Spain. The need of QL assessment instruments for this group of persons with disability who are aging will allow us to make valid and reliable measures to plan efficient intervention actions and strategies, and has motivated the creation of this Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ). The analysis of the scale psychometric properties shows high internal consistency, Cronbach's alfa of 0,92. Scale dimensionality offers a hexafactorial solution that tests six of the main QL dimensions, such as, physical well being, social inclusion, emotional well being, personal development and self-determination, interpersonal relationship and material well being. These results give evidence of the QLQ suitability to assess the QL, as it is perceived by the sample of our study, the ageing persons with disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently an exhaustive study on the situation of students with disability of the University of Oviedo has been carried out. In this paper a summary of the complete report is offered, with information about the procedure, the main results, as well as the conclusions and suggestions obtained after a detailed analysis of the interview applied to the students with disability registered in the University of Asturias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]