title: Screening for traumatic brain injury in an offender sample: a first look at the reliability and validity of the Traumatic Brain Injury Questionnaire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the reliability and validity of the Traumatic Brain Injury Questionnaire (TBIQ) for assessing history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in an offender population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Offenders (118 women and 107 men) from 6 federal prison facilities in 3 geographic regions.
  
  
  METHODS
  TBIQ and multiple measures of cognitive and behavioral functioning.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preliminary results indicated good test-retest reliability for lifetime history of head injury, good internal consistency for symptom severity and frequency scales, and good criterion validity for frequency of head injury and frequency and severity of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TBIQ holds promise as an instrument for the assessment of TBI history in offender populations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Pamela M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Harzke
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Magaletta
authors.forename: A Gaye
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frankowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology