Predictors of Neurobehavioral Symptoms After TBI for Special Operations Forces (SOF) vs Non-SOF Service Members/Veterans: A VA TBI Model Systems Study

Thursday, October 22, 2020

3:50 PM – 4:07 PM EST

Presenting Author(s)

Amanda Garcia, PhD

Research Neuropsychologist
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Tampa, Florida

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Non-presenting Author(s)

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Tea Reljic, MPH

Statistical Data Analyst
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Marc A. Silva, PhD

Neuropsychologist
James A Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, Florida
Shannon Miles, PhD

Clinical Psychologist
James A Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, Florida
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Tracy Kretzmer, PhD

Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, Florida
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Heather Belanger, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

USSOCOM Research Scientist
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Tampa, Florida
Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD

Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology, Director of Brain Injury Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ph.D.

Professor, Research Neuropsychologist
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital & University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

This presentation will compared key demographics, injury characteristics, and self-reported psychological symptom report in Special Operations Forces and Conventional Forces ADSM/V who have been hospitalized for TBI. Results of multivariable regression models will be presented, looking at how these factors predict perceived neurobehavioral functioning. Implications for clinical programs will be shared.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to describe baseline differences in SOF vs. non-SOF patients' baseline self-report of neurobehavioral symptoms.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe predictors of SOF vs. non-SOF patients' baseline self-report of total neurobehavioral symptoms.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe predictors in SOF vs. non-SOF patients' baseline self-report of affective, somatic, vestibular, and cognitive symptoms. .