Traumatic Brain Injury Among Homeless Veterans



Status:Completed
Conditions:Hospital, Neurology
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 89
Updated:2/2/2019
Start Date:May 2010
End Date:December 2018

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Objectives include: 1) establishing a psychometrically sound traumatic brain injury (TBI)
screening measure for use among homeless veterans; 2) identifying the prevalence of those
that screen positive for TBI among homeless veterans seeking VA services; and 3) comparing
psychiatric and psychosocial outcomes between those with and without a history of TBI.

Short-term Objectives include:

1. Establishing the criterion-related validity of the Traumatic Brain Injury-4 (TBI-4)
questionnaire in the Veteran homeless population using the Ohio State University
TBI-Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) (Corrigan et al., 2007) as the gold standard for
establishing traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnosis.

2. Identifying the prevalence of those that screen positive for a lifetime history of TBI
among homeless Veterans.

3. Comparing psychiatric outcomes (psychiatric hospitalizations, suicide attempts and
deaths, and clinical contacts) and psychosocial outcomes between those with and without
a lifetime history of TBI.

Inclusion Criteria:

- At least 18 years of age, seeking homeless services at one of the VA Homeless Services
Programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Failure to provide informed consent, not older than 89 years of age.
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