Postdeployment Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Questions: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Values in Returning Soldiers

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Terrio, Heidi P ^a   Nelson, Lonnie A ^b   Betthauser, Lisa M ^c   Harwood, Jeri E ^d   Brenner, Lisa A ^c  

^a EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Military; Postdeployment; Screening; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WARRIOR ADMINISTERED RETROSPECTIVE CASUALTY ASSESSMENT TOOL;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952997808     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022685     Document Type: Article

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