TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - A pilot study of an online screening assessment of lifetime exposure to traumatic brain injury (TBI)
JO  - Archives of clinical neuropsychology
A1  - Sullivan, Karen
A1  - Caltabiano, Elysia
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To conduct a pilot test of the feasibility and validity of administering an online screening measure of lifetime TBI exposure (LTE) and determine associations between LTE and health status. <br><br>METHOD: 156 adults were recruited from the general community (Age = 18-65 years; 73% women) most of whom (~70%) were at-risk for TBI, primarily from playing contact-sport (62.2%). TBI exposure was assessed using the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) short form. Health status was assessed using the Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, and items from the 2014 Ohio Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Study. All measures were administered via cross-sectional survey. <br><br>RESULTS: Online OSU TBI-ID feasibility was high (e.g., minimal missing data/attrition). With covariates controlled (e.g., TBI risk), there were positive associations between LTE [Worst TBI, Multiple TBIs] and health status (post-concussion symptoms; p's < 0.05. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Initial support was found for the feasibility and validity of the online OSU TBI-ID. The patterns of associations between online LTE measures and health status were consistent with those reported for non-online methods (e.g., interview). While validation of the online LTE record against clinical records would be ideal, this study suggests that a structured method of assessing LTE can be validly administered online.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0887-6177
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acad067.182
ID  - ref1
ER  -