Traumatic Brain Injury Among Homeless Veterans
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain InjuryHomelessness
- Registration Number
- NCT01120054
- Lead Sponsor
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
- At least 18 years of age, seeking homeless services at one of the VA Homeless Services Programs.
- Failure to provide informed consent, not older than 89 years of age.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method OSU TBI-ID One Time History of TBI
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
Department of Veterans Affairs, Eastern Colorado Health Care System
🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States
Philadelphia VAMC
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tampa VAMC
🇺🇸Tampa, Florida, United States