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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2024

Convergent and Discriminant Validity of the Blast Exposure Threshold Survey in United States Military Service Members and Veterans.

Rael T Lange, Louis M French, Sara M Lippa, Kelly C Gillow, Jason M Bailie, Stephanie M Turner, Lars D Hungerford, Tracey A Brickell

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rael T LangeTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Louis M FrenchTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Sara M LippaWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kelly C GillowTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Jason M BailieTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Stephanie M TurnerTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Lars D HungerfordTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Tracey A BrickellTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
General Dynamics (United States) · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USNaval Medical Center San Diego · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Blast Exposure Threshold Survey (BETS) is a recently developed and promising new self-report measure of lifetime blast exposure (LBE). However, there are no studies that have examined the psychometric properties of the BETS, which currently limits its clinical utility. The purpose of this study was to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the BETS by comparing the BETS Generalized Blast Exposure Value (GBEV) to six variables hypothesized to be associated with LBE (i.e., single-item LBE, combat exposure, years in the military, number of combat deployments, and military occupation specialty [MOS]) and three variables hypothesized not to be associated with LBE (i.e., age at the time of injury, estimated pre-morbid Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient [FSIQ], and resilience). Participants were 202 United States service members and veterans prospectively enrolled from three military medical treatment facilities (68.7%) and via community recruitment initiatives (31.3%). Participants completed the BETS, Combat Exposure Scale (CES), Deployment Risk and Resiliency Inventory-2 Combat Experiences (DRRI-2 CE), Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of Life Resilience scale, and a brief structured interview. For some analyses, participants were classified into two blast risk MOS groups: high (

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Military PersonnelStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransHumansPsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsUnited Statesblast exposure threshold surveyconvergent validitygeneralized blast exposure valuelifetime blast exposurepsychometric properties

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PMID38032755
PMCPMC11005380
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