Neuropsychological performance in treatment-seeking Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 379-388

  Jak, Amy J ^a,b   Gregory, Amber ^c   Orff, Henry J ^a,b   Colón, Candice ^a   Steele, Norma ^a   Schiehser, Dawn M ^a,b   Delano Wood, Lisa ^a,b   Jurick, Sarah M ^d   Twamley, Elizabeth W ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Neuropsychology; Validity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929966633     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1020769     Document Type: Review

References (43)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
2. Armistead-Jehle, P. (2010). Symptom validity test performance in U.S. Veterans referred for evaluation of mild TBI. Applied Neuropsychology, 17, 52-59.
3. Armistead-Jehle, P., & Buican, B. (2012). Evaluation context and symptom validity test performances in a U.S. military sample. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 828-839.
4. Beck, A. T., & Steer, R. A. (1993). Beck Anxiety Inventory manual. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Brace and Company.
5. Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., Ball, R., & Ranieri, W. (1996). Comparison of Beck Depression Inventories -IA and -II in psychiatric outpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment, 67(3), 588-597.
6. Belanger, H. G., Barwick, F. H., Kip, K. E., Kretzmer, T., & Vanderploeg, R. D. (2013). Postconcussive symptom complaints and potentially malleable positive predictors. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27(3), 343-355. doi:10.1080/13854046.2013.774438
7. Belanger, H. G., Curtiss, G., Demery, J. A., Lebowitz, B. K., & Vanderploeg, R. D. (2005). Factors moderating neuropsychological outcome following mild traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 215-227.
8. Belanger, H. G., Kretzmer, T., Vanderploeg, R. D., & French, L. M. (2009). Symptom complaints following combat-related traumatic brain injury: Relationship to traumatic brain injury severity and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 194-199. doi:10.1017/S1355617709990841
9. Belanger, H. G., Proctor-Weber, Z., Kretzmer, T., Kim, M., French, L. M., & Vanderploeg, R. D. (2011). Symptom complaints following reports of blast versus non-blast mild TBI: Does mechanism of injury matter? The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 25, 702-715.
10. Belanger, H. G., & Vanderploeg, R. D. (2005). The neuropsychological impact of sports-related concussion: A meta-analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 345-357.
11. Bigler, E. D. (2008). Neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience of persistent post-concussive syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14, 1-22.
12. Bigler, E. D. (2014). Effort, symptom validity testing, performance validity testing and traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 28(13-14), 1623-1638. doi:10.3109/02699052.2014.947627
13. Carlson, C. F., Nelson, D., Orazem, R. J., Nugent, S., Cifu, D. X., & Sayer, N. A. (2010). Psychiatric diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans screened for deployment-related traumatic brain injury. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 17-24.
14. Cicerone, K. D., & Kalmar, K. (1995). Persistent postconcussion syndrome: The structure of subjective complaints after mild traumatic brain injury. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 10(3), 1-17.
15. Combs, H. L., Berry, D. T. R., Pape, T., Babcock-Parziale, J., Smith, B., Schleenbaker, R., ⋯ High, W. M. (2015). The effects of mild TBI, PTSD, and combined mild TBI/PTSD on returning Veterans. Journal of Neurotrauma. Advance online publication. doi:10.1089/neu.2014.3585
16. Cooper, D. B., Vanderploeg, R. D., Armistead-Jehle, P., Lewis, J. D., & Bowles, A. O. (2014). Factors associated with neurocognitive performance in OIF/OEF servicemembers with postconcussive complaints in postdeployment clinical settings. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 51, 1023-1033.
17. Delis, D. C., Kaplan, E., & Kramer, J. H. (2001). Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
18. Delis, D. C., Kramer, J. H., Kaplan, E., & Ober, B. A. (2000). The California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
19. Donnell, A. J., Kim, M. S., Silva, M. A., & Vanderploeg, R. D. (2012). Incidence of postconcussion symptoms in psychiatric diagnostic groups, mild traumatic brain injury, and comorbid conditions. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 26(7), 1092-1101.
20. Drag, L. L., Spencer, R. J., Walker, S. J., Pangilinan, P. H., & Bieliauskas, L. A. (2012). The contributions of self-reported injury characteristics and psychiatric symptoms to cognitive functioning in OEF/OIF veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18, 576-584.
21. Grant, D. A., & Berg, E. A. (2000). Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
22. Green, P., Rohling, M., Lees-Haley, P., & Allen, L. M. (2001). Effort has a greater effect on test scores than severe brain injury in compensation claimants. Brain Injury, 15(12), 1045-1060.
23. Gronwall, D., & Wrightson, P. (1974). Delayed recovery of intellectual function after minor head injury. The Lancet, 304, 605-609.
24. Hoge, C. W., McGurk, D., Thomas, J. L., Cox, A. L., Engel, C. C., & Castro, C. A. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq. New England Journal of Medicine, 358, 453-463.
25. Howe, L. S. (2009). Giving context to post-deployment post-concussive-like symptoms: Blast-related potential mild traumatic brain injury and comorbidities. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 23, 1315-1337.
26. Iverson, G. L., Lange, R. T., Brooks, B. L., & Rennison, V. L. (2010). "Good old days" bias following mild traumatic brain injury. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24, 17-37. doi:10.1080/13854040903190797
27. King, P. R., Donnelly, K. T., Donnelly, J. P., Dunnam, M., Warner, G., Kittleson, C. J., ⋯ Meier, S. T. (2012). Psychometric study of the neurobehavioral symptom inventory. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 49(6), 879-888.
28. King, P. R., Wade, M. J., & Beehler, G. P. (2014). Health service and medication use among Veterans with persistent postconcussive symptoms. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202, 231-238.
29. Lange, R. T., Pancholi, S., Bhagwat, A., Anderson-Barnes, V., & French, L. M. (2012). Influence of poor effort on neuropsychological test performance in U.S. military personnel following mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, 453-466.
30. McCrea, M. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury and postconcussion syndrome. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
31. Meares, S., Shores, E. A., Taylor, A. J., Batchelor, J., Bryant, R. A., Baguley, I. J., ⋯ Marosszeky, J. E. (2011). The prospective course of postconcussion syndrome: The role of mild traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 25, 454-465. doi:10.1037/a0022580
32. Polusny, M. A., Kehle, S. M., Nelson, N. W., Erbes, C. R., Arbisi, P. A., & Thuras, P. (2011). Longitudinal effects of mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder comorbidity on postdeployment outcomes in national guard soldiers deployed to Iraq. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68, 79-89. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.172
33. Shandera-Ochsner, A. L., Berry, D. T. R., Harp, J. P., Edmundson, M., Graue, L. O., Roach, A., & High, W. M. (2013). Neuropsychological effects of selfreported deployment-related mild TBI and current PTSD in OIF/OEF Veterans. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27, 881-907.
34. Tanielian, T., & Jaycox, L. H. (2008). Invisible wounds of war: Psychological and cognitive injuries, their consequences, and services to assist recovery. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.
35. Taylor, B. C., Hagel, E. M., Carlson, K. F., Cifu, D. X., Cutting, A., Bidelspach, D. E., & Sayer, N. A. (2012). Prevalence and costs of co-occurring traumatic brain injury with and without psychiatric disturbance and pain among Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran VA users. Medical Care, 50, 342-356.
36. Tombaugh, T. N. (1996). Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). New York, NY: Multi Health Systems.
37. US Dept of Veterans Affairs. (2013). Annual Benefits Report Fiscal Year 2012. Washington, DC: US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration. Retrieved from www.benefits.va.gov/reports/abr/2012-abr.pdf
38. VA/DoD. (2009). VA/DOD clinical practice guideline for management of concussion/mild traumatic brain injury. Washington, DC: Author.
39. Weathers, F. W., Litz, B. T., Herman, D. S., Huska, J. A., & Keane, T. M. (1993, October). The PTSD checklist: Reliability, validity, & diagnostic utility. Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Antonio, TX.
40. Wechsler, D. (1997). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III). San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
41. Whitney, A. W., Shepard, P. H., Williams, A. L., Davis, J. J., & Adams, K. M. (2009). The medical symptom validity test in the evaluation of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom soldiers: A preliminary study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 24, 145-154.
42. Wilkinson, G. S., & Robertson, G. J. (2006). Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4). Torrence, CA: Western Psychological Services.
43. World Health Organization. (1992). International statistical classification of disease and related health problems (Vol. 10). Geneva: Author.