Citation

O'Sullivan M, Fitzsimons S, Ramos SDS, Oddy M, Glorney E, Sterr A. J. Correct. Health Care 2019; 25(4): 313-327.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, National Commission on Correctional Health Care (USA), Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1078345819879898

PMID

31742464

Abstract

There is a high prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in prisoners, but screening tools for identifying TBI in female prisoners are not readily available. Using a cross-sectional design, the psychometric properties of the Brain Injury Screening Index (BISI) were investigated in a closed United Kingdom female prison. Purposive sampling comprised 56 females. Assessment included clinical interview, the BISI, self-report measures of mood, and a battery of measures of cognitive functioning. Seven of the 10 clinical indicators on the BISI met test-retest reliability criteria. Two of the three BISI summary variables demonstrated correlations with questionnaires in the hypothesized directions; however, only two BISI variables were associated with cognitive functioning.

FINDINGS support further investigation into the validity and reliability of the BISI with a larger sample.

Language: en

Keywords

assessment; head injury; prisoners; reliability; screen; validity