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This article summarizes the selection of outcome measures by the interagency
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Outcomes Workgroup to address primary clinical
research objectives, including documentation of the natural course of recovery
from TBI, prediction of later outcome, measurement of treatment effects, and
comparison of outcomes across studies. Consistent with other Common Data Elements
Workgroups, the TBI Outcomes Workgroup adopted the standard 3-tier system in its
selection of measures. In the first tier, core measures included valid, robust,
and widely applicable outcome measures with proven utility in TBI from each
identified domain, including global level of function, neuropsychological
impairment, psychological status, TBI-related symptoms, executive functions,
cognitive and physical activity limitations, social role participation, and
perceived health-related quality of life. In the second tier, supplemental
measures were recommended for consideration in TBI research focusing on specific
topics or populations. In the third tier, emerging measures included important
instruments currently under development, in the process of validation, or nearing
the point of published findings that have significant potential to be superior to
some older ("legacy") measures in the core and supplemental lists and may
eventually replace them as evidence for their utility emerges.
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