The BRAIN-Q, a tool for assessing self-reported sport-related concussions for epidemiological studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The BRAIN-Q is a tool aimed at maximising the accuracy and minimising measurement error for retrospectively assessing concussions. This paper reports the agreement of the BRAIN-Q tool when compared to extant questionnaire questions, and its reproducibility when compared with its telephonic version (tBRAIN-Q).

Methods

The BRAIN-Q entails a 3-stage process: defining a concussion, creating a visual timeline with life events, and establishing detailed characteristics for each reported concussion. It was designed to be administered in-person by trained personnel, and was used in the BRAIN study. Its performance was compared with the MSK study, which previously collected a few questions in a broader self-administered questionnaire, and with the tBRAIN-Q Recall, its tele

SUBMITTER: James L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863616 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature