Test-Retest Reliability of a Semi-Structured Interview to Aid in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis.
Danielle C HergertVeronik SicardDavid D StephensonSharvani Pabbathi ReddyCidney R Robertson-BentaAndrew B DoddEdward J BedrickGerard A GioiaTimothy B MeierNicholas A ShaffDavin K QuinnRichard A CampbellJohn P PhillipsAndrei A VakhtinRobert E SapienAndrew R MayerPublished in: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS (2021)
Categorical reporting of TBI characteristics in children and adolescents can aid clinicians in retrospectively obtaining reliable estimates of TBI severity up to a year post-injury. However, test-retest reliability is strongly impacted by the initial data distribution, selected statistical methods, and potentially by patient difficulty in distinguishing among conceptually similar medical concepts (i.e., PTA vs. confusion).