@article{ref1,
title="Postconcussive symptom overreporting in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation research and development",
year="2016",
author="Jurick, Sarah M. and Twamley, Elizabeth W. and Crocker, Laura D. and Hays, Chelsea C. and Orff, Henry J. and Golshan, Shahrokh and Jak, Amy J.",
volume="53",
number="5",
pages="571-584",
abstract="A comprehensive evaluation, including the assessment of neurobehavioral symptoms, has been instituted at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system to address the large number of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) Veterans returning with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs). The Validity-10 is measure of symptom overreporting embedded within the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory, a component of the comprehensive evaluation that assesses postconcussive symptom severity. The Validity-10 is composed of 10 unlikely/low-frequency items and a validated cutoff score to identify postconcussive symptom overreporting. We examined the items and cutoff used in the initial development and validation study of the Validity-10 through retrospective chart reviews of 331 treatment-seeking Veterans who sustained an mTBI. The Validity-10 exhibited significant relationships with psychiatric variables, VA service connection, and neuropsychological performance validity (all p < 0.01), but nonsignificant relationships with demographic and injury variables (all p > 0.05). Furthermore, the Validity-10 modestly predicted neuropsychological performance validity test failure over and above psychiatric comorbidities and VA service connection. The present study supports the use of the Validity-10 to assess symptom validity in treatment-seeking OIF/OEF Veterans with a history of mTBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-7711",
doi="10.1682/JRRD.2015.05.0094",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2015.05.0094"
}