Use of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Screen in a Veteran Mental Health Population

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1810 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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The primary aims of this study are to: 1) Establish the concurrent criterion-related validity of four traumatic brain injury (TBI) screening questions (TBI-4) using the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) and 2) Establish the concurrent criterion-related validity of the TBI-4 with the addition of detailed information elicited by the four questions. Secondary aims include: 1) Determining if the addition of detailed information elicited by the TBI-4 results in increased specificity; 2) Determining whether the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in this sample is concordant with previous research; and 3) Determining whether psychiatric outcomes are worse for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) than those with no traumatic brain injury(TBI).

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Detailed Description

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The primary aims of this study are to: 1) Establish the concurrent criterion-related validity of four traumatic brain injury (TBI) screening questions (TBI-4) using the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) and 2) Establish the concurrent criterion-related validity of the TBI-4 with the addition of detailed information elicited by the four questions. Secondary aims include: 1) Determining if the addition of detailed information elicited by the TBI-4 results in increased specificity; 2) Determining whether the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in this sample is concordant with previous research; and 3) Determining whether psychiatric outcomes are worse for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) than those with no traumatic brain injury(TBI).

Primary Hypotheses:

Hypothesis 1a: The sensitivity and specificity of the TBI-4 will be significantly greater than 0.75 and 0.80, respectively.

Hypothesis 1b: The sensitivity and specificity of the TBI-4 with the addition of detailed information elicited by these questions (i.e., free text information entered by the clinician who administered the TBI-4) will be significantly greater than 0.75 and 0.80, respectively.

Secondary Hypotheses:

Hypothesis 1c: The specificity of the TBI-4 with the addition of detailed information elicited by these questions (i.e., free text information entered by the clinician who administered the TBI-4) will be significantly greater than that of the four questions alone.

Hypothesis 2: A significant difference in psychiatric outcomes (psychiatric hospitalizations, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and completions, and mental health-related contacts) will be identified in those with a history of TBI versus those without a history of TBI as determined, first, by the TBI-4 and, second, by the OSU TBI-ID.

Hypothesis 3: The prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury- Loss of Consciousness (TBI-LOC) in this population will be similar to that identified by Walker et al1 (31.7% of individuals will report 1 or more TBI-LOC).

Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Veterans with a positive history of TBI

No interventions assigned to this group

No Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Veterans with a negative history of TBI

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Veteran must be at least 18 years of age.
* Veteran must have had a mental health intake no earlier than January of 2007.

Exclusion Criteria

* Failure to provide informed consent as evidenced by inability to respond to the above stated questions.
* No Mental Health Intake note in the medical record.
* Presence of a Mental Health Intake note in the computer which does not contain the TBI-4

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No