Development and content validity of the behavioral assessment screening tool (BASTβ).

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Develop and establish the content validity of the Behavioral Assessment Screening Tool (BASTβ), a self-reported measure of behavioral and emotional symptoms after traumatic brain injury. METHODS:This was an assessment development study, including two focus groups of individuals with traumatic brain injury (n = 11) and their family members (n = 10) and an expert panel evaluation of content validity by experts in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation (n = 7). We developed and assessed the Content Validity Index of the BASTβ. RESULTS:The BASTβ initial items (n = 77) corresponded with an established conceptual model of behavioral dysregulation after traumatic brain injury. After expert panel evaluation and focus group feedback, the final BASTβ included 66 items (60 primary, 6 branching

SUBMITTER: Juengst SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198322 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature