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The psychometric validation of the Dutch version of the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ) after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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- Toward precision rehabilitation in adolescent mild traumatic brain injury: leveraging physiologic data from commercially available smartwatches to identify patient subgroups.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Neurovascular coupling dysfunction of the frontal‒thalamic circuit in postconcussion syndrome.Brain imaging and behavior · 2026Article
- Rumination, but Not Reflection, Predicts the Reporting of Post-concussive Symptoms in a Non-clinical Sample.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
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- Social Determinants of Health Influence Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Symptom Burden: A Retrospective Study.Neurosurgery practice · 2025Article
- Performance of the Rivermead Post-Concussion Questionnaire in a sample of people with traumatic brain injury living in Italy.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
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- Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire in Adolescents after Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Proxies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Responsiveness of the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale to Monitor Clinical Recovery After Concussion or Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Translation and Linguistic Validation of Outcome Instruments for Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Clinical Practice: A Step-by-Step Approach within the Observational CENTER-TBI Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Post-Concussion Symptoms in Complicated vs. Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patients at Three and Six Months Post-Injury: Results from the CENTER-TBI Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common neurological conditions. It can have wide-ranging physical, cognitive and psychosocial effects. Most people recover within weeks to months after the injury, but a substantial proportion are at risk of developing lasting post-concussion symptoms. The Rivermead Post-Concussion Syndrome Questionnaire (RPQ) is a short validated 16-items self-report instrument to evaluate post-concussive symptoms. The aim of this study was to test psychometrics characteristics of the current Dutch translation of the RPQ.
methodsTo determine the psychometric characteristics of the Dutch RPQ, 472 consecutive patients six months after they presented with a traumatic brain injury in seven medical centers in the Netherlands (N = 397), and in two in Belgium (Flanders) (N = 75) took part in the study which is part of the large prospective longitudinal observational CENTER-TBI-EU-study. Psychometric properties at six months post TBI, were assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Sensitivity was analyzed by comparing RPQ scores and self-reported recovery status of patients with mild vs. moderate and severe TBI.
findingsThe Dutch version of RPQ proved good, showing excellent psychometric characteristics: high internal consistency (Cronbach's α .93), and good construct validity, being sensitive to self-reported recovery status at six months post TBI. Moreover, data showed a good fit to the three dimensional structure of separate cognitive, emotional and somatic factors (Chi2 = 119; df = 117; p = .4; CFI = .99; RMSEA = .006), reported earlier in the literature. DISCUSSION: Psychometric characteristics of the Dutch version of RPQ proved excellent to good, and can the instrument therefore be applied for research purposes and in daily clinical practice.
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