@article{ref1,
title="The Boston Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury-Lifetime semistructured interview for assessment of TBI and subconcussive injury among female survivors of intimate partner violence: evidence of research utility and validity",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2021",
author="Fortier, Catherine B. and Beck, Brigitta M. and Werner, Kimberly B. and Iverson, Katherine M. and Kim, Sahra and Currao, Alyssa and Fonda, Jennifer R. and Galovski, Tara E.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To adapt the Boston Assessment of TBI-Lifetime (BAT-L) interview specifically for female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), validate the adapted BAT-L/IPV, and report the prevalence of head injury. SETTING: The BAT-L is the first validated instrument to diagnose traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) throughout the life span for post-9/11 veterans. The BAT-L/IPV was adapted to target diagnostic issues belonging exclusively to IPV while maintaining its life span approach. PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling convenience sample of 51 female survivors of IPV with subthreshold (n = 10) or full diagnostic criteria (n = 41) of posttraumatic stress disorder. <br><br>DESIGN: Standard TBI criteria were evaluated using a semistructured clinical interview. MAIN MEASURES: The BAT-L/IPV is compared with the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method (OSU-TBI-ID) scoring approach as the criterion standard. <br><br>RESULTS: Correspondence between the BAT-L/IPV and the OSU-TBI-ID score was excellent (Cohen κ = 0.86; Kendall τ-b = 0.89). Sensitivity = 89.3% (95% CI, 81.2-97.4); specificity = 98.3% (95% CI, 95.0-100); positive predictive value = 98.0% (95% CI, 94.2-100); and negative predictive value = 90.6% (95% CI, 83.5-97.7). On the BAT-L/IPV, more than one-third (35.3%) of IPV survivors reported TBI secondary to an IPV-related assault, 76.5% reported IPV subconcussive head injury, 31.4% reported attempted strangulation, and 37.3% reported non-IPV TBI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The BAT-L/IPV performed well in diagnosing TBI in female IPV survivors as compared with the criterion standard. The prevalence of TBI was frequent; subconcussive head injury was pervasive. Greater awareness for head injury risk and increased diagnostic specificity of TBI in IPV survivors is needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/HTR.0000000000000700",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000700"
}