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To assess the influence of time since injury and clinical characteristics on the Validity-10 scale when screening for symptom exaggeration across traumatic brain injury recovery stages.

January 1, 2016The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and DevelopmentOpen Access

Utility of the Validity-10 scale across the recovery trajectory following traumatic brain injury

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SLSara M. LippaUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences RLRael T. LangeGeneral Dynamics (United States)JBJason M. BailieGeneral Dynamics (United States)

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Multicenter study reveals minimal impact of recovery timing on Validity-10 performance in servicemembers with traumatic brain injury, indicating broad clinical utility across recovery phases.

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To assess the influence of time since injury and clinical characteristics on the Validity-10 scale when screening for symptom exaggeration across traumatic brain injury recovery stages.
Evaluated 2,661 male servicemembers with traumatic brain injury evaluated across six U.S. Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Centers.
Administered the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory to calculate Validity-10 scale scores and overall symptom burdens.
Analyzed correlations between Validity-10 scores and time since injury, bodily injury severity, brain injury severity, patient disposition, age, and duty status.
Validity-10 scores showed weak positive correlations with time since injury and weak negative correlations with bodily injury severity.
Servicemembers undergoing medical board evaluations demonstrated higher Validity-10 scores than those hospitalized or returned to active duty.
Positive screening rates for symptom exaggeration increased weakly with time post-injury, but acute-phase false positives were not elevated, supporting scale validity across all recovery periods.

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Lippa et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a114ddcac26ecc136d6832a https://doi.org/10.1682/jrrd.2015.01.0009

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Multicenter study reveals minimal impact of recovery timing on Validity-10 performance in servicemembers with traumatic brain injury, indicating broad clinical utility across recovery phases.

Utility of the Validity-10 scale across the recovery trajectory following traumatic brain injury

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Utility of the Validity-10 scale across the recovery trajectory following traumatic brain injury

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