NursingCenter Journal Feed: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation http://www.nursingcenter.com en-us @NC 2006 Reliability, Sensitivity, and Specificity of the VA Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Tool http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260173 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Conclusions:The VATBIST appears to be a reliable and valid instrument. The presence of significant posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, however, reduces the accuracy of the measure and highlights the need for careful clinical follow-up of persons who screen positive. .... 

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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:439 -453  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:32 EST
Kerry Donnelly PhD

James Donnelly PhD

Mina Dunnam PhD

Gary Warner PhD

C. Kittleson PsyD

Janet Constance PhD

Charles Bradshaw PhD

Michelle Alt MA
 Evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Program in the Upper Midwest http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260446 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Conclusions:Within the upper Midwest, Veterans Health Administration has had greater success implementing TBI screening than ensuring follow-up of positive screens in a specialty clinic. Research is needed on barriers to follow-up of positive screens and the outcomes of TBI screening and subsequent .... 

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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:454 -467  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:10 EST
Nina Sayer PhD

Dave Nelson PhD

Sean Nugent BA
 Factor Structure of the Brief COPE in People With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260504 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Conclusions:The Brief COPE has satisfactory psychometric properties for use in MTBI but may be more reliably and meaningfully interpreted using 3 dimensions/subscales rather than 9. .... 

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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:468 -477  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:17 EST
Deborah Snell MSc

Richard Siegert PhD

E. Jean Hay-Smith PhD

Lois Surgenor PhD
 Spanish, French, and British Cross-Cultural Validation of the European Brain Injury Questionnaire http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260573 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Conclusion:Rasch analyses showed good fit to the model, unidimensionality, construct validity, and good reliability of the 3 European Brain Injury Questionnaire subscales. However, only the Depressive and Cognitive subscales showed cross-cultural validity. .... 

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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:478 -488  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:40 EST
Alfonso Caracuel PhD

Andrew Bateman PhD

Thomas Teasdale PhD

Antonio Verdejo-García PhD

Miguel Pérez-García PhD
 Prevalence of Dual Sensory Impairment and Its Association With Traumatic Brain Injury and Blast Exposure in OEF/OIF Veterans http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260704 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Conclusions:Veterans who self-report clinically significant hearing or vision difficulty during routine TBI evaluation should be evaluated systematically and comprehensively to determine the extent of sensory impairment. Identifying DSI could allow clinicians to collaborate and maximize rehabilitati.... 

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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:489 -496  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:24 EST
Henry Lew MD, PhD

Terri Pogoda PhD

Errol Baker PhD

Kelly Stolzmann MS

Mark Meterko PhD

David Cifu MD

Jomana Amara PhD

Ann Hendricks PhD
 Update on Pharmacology: The Role of Progesterone in Traumatic Brain Injury http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1260841 Journal Title: Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
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Issue pub date:November/December 2011 

Volume:26 Number:6  

Pages:497 -499  
 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:23:48 EST
Tamara Espinoza MD

David Wright MD

Mel Glenn MD; (Editor)