Screening for traumatic brain injury in an offender sample: a first look at the reliability and validity of the Traumatic Brain Injury Questionnaire.
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.
Diamond
Pamela M
PM
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
Harzke
Amy J
AJ
Magaletta
Philip R
PR
Cummins
A Gaye
AG
Frankowski
Ralph
R
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