Open AccessScreening for Lifetime History of Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older American and Irish Adults at Risk for Dementia: Development and Validation of a Web-Based Survey
Author(s) -
Raquel C. Gardner,
Ernesto J. Rivera,
Megan O’Grady,
Colin P. Doherty,
Kristine Yaffe,
John Corrigan,
Jennifer Bogner,
Joel H. Kramer,
Fiona Wilson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-191138
Subject(s) - traumatic brain injury , dementia , medicine , cognition , cognitive impairment , psychology , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , disease
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an established risk factor for dementia but mechanisms are uncertain. Accurate TBI exposure classification is critical for cognitive aging research studies seeking to discover mechanisms and treatments of post-TBI dementia. Brief TBI screens, commonly used in epidemiological studies of cognitive aging, are insensitive, leading to exposure mis-classification. Comprehensive TBI interviews, while more sensitive, may be impractical.