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

NCT01118182 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: COMIRB08-0001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,810
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

Traumatic Brain Injury; Veterans; Psychiatric Disorders; Suicide

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ohio State University TBI Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID)

  Structured clinical interview used as the gold standard for establishing a lifetime history of TBI

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Veterans with a positive history of TBI

No Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Veterans with a negative history of TBI

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Indivduals with a history of completing the 4 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) screening questions during a mental health intake.

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System: lead
• Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund: collaborator
• Ohio State University: collaborator
• University of Colorado, Denver: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Denver VA Medical Center

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

Location

Related Links

• Rocky Mountain MIRECC website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Mental Disorders; Suicide

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Injuries; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Wounds and Injuries; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Lisa A Brenner, PhD

  VISN 19 MIRECC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director, VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2010
• First Posted: May 6, 2010
• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2016
• Study Completion: August 1, 2016
• Last Updated: August 14, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Locations

US (1)