Screening for traumatic brain injury in troops returning from deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq: initial investigation of the usefulness of a short screening tool for traumatic brain injury.

KA, Schwab; B, Ivins; G, Cramer; W, Johnson; M, Sluss-Tiller; K, Kiley; W, Lux; D, Warden

doi:10.1097/01.htr.0000300233.98242.87

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Screening for traumatic brain injury in troops returning from deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq: initial investigation of the usefulness of a short screening tool for traumatic brain injury.

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Schwab KA

Ivins B

Cramer G

Abstract

Objective Preliminary assessment of a new instrument, the Brief Traumatic Brain Injury Screen (BTBIS).Design Cross-sectional study of 596 soldiers returning from Iraq and/or Afghanistan, comparing the consistency of their reports of traumatic brain injury (TBI) across instruments with similar TBI qu...

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