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Develop and provide initial validation for an objective rating scale designed to measure agitation in individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury.

March 1, 1989Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

Development of a scale for assessment of agitation following traumatic brain injury

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JCJohn D. CorriganThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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Validation study demonstrates reliable assessment of agitation in traumatic brain-injured individuals, indicating the clinical utility of the Agitated Behavior Scale.

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Develop and provide initial validation for an objective rating scale designed to measure agitation in individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury.
Selected 14 items from an initial 39-item pool based on testability, ability to differentiate agitation, frequency of occurrence, and domain representation to construct the Agitated Behavior Scale (ABS).
Tested the 14-item instrument in an independent sample of head-injured subjects (N=35).
Assessed reliability through internal consistency metrics, principal components factor analysis, and correlations against simultaneous independent observational ratings.
Cronbach's alpha exceeded .80 across all raters, with comparable theta values meeting established criteria for internal consistency.
ABS scores accounted for 36% to 62% of the variance across 15 of 16 correlations with simultaneous, independent observations of agitation.

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John D. Corrigan (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11c63e37ecc83ca3fd32ff https://doi.org/10.1080/01688638908400888

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Validation study demonstrates reliable assessment of agitation in traumatic brain-injured individuals, indicating the clinical utility of the Agitated Behavior Scale.

Development of a scale for assessment of agitation following traumatic brain injury

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