Ida Babakhanyan1, Noelle E Carlozzi2, Benjamin S McKenna3, Kaitlin B Casaletto4, Allen W Heinemann5, Robert K Heaton3. 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA. Electronic address: ibabakhanyan@gmail.com. 2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 3. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA. 4. Memory and Aging Center, University of California San Francisco, Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA. 5. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of factor analytically based summary scores that were developed using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Emotion Battery (NIHTB-EB); (ie, psychological well-being, social satisfaction, negative affect) normative sample in individuals with neurologic conditions. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, observational cohort. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1036 English-speaking adults from the National Institutes of Health Toolbox (NIHTB) normative project and 604 community-dwelling adults with neurologic conditions including spinal cord injury (SCI n=209), traumatic brain injury (TBI n=184), and stroke (cerebrovascular accident [CVA] n=211) (N=1640). INTERVENTION: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The NIHTB-EB. RESULTS: A series of univariate analyses comparing summary scores across the 4 groups (SCI, TBI, CVA, normative group) were conducted to identify group differences. Base rates (defined as >1 SD toward the problematic direction) were also identified. The normative group demonstrated better emotional functioning characterized by greater social satisfaction and psychological well-being (normative group > SCI, TBI, CVA; P's <.0001), and less negative affect (normative group < SCI, P=.016; normative group < TBI, P<.001; normative group < CVA; P=.034) compared with each neurologic group. Using base rates to identify problematic emotions for the 3 summary scores, there were higher rates of problematic emotions on all 3 summary scores for the neurologic groups compared with the normative group. CONCLUSIONS: The NIHTB-EB summary scores demonstrate an increased prevalence of problematic emotions among individuals with 3 neurologic conditions, and might be useful for identifying individuals with similar conditions and potentially in need of psychological support.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of factor analytically based summary scores that were developed using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Emotion Battery (NIHTB-EB); (ie, psychological well-being, social satisfaction, negative affect) normative sample in individuals with neurologic conditions. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, observational cohort. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1036 English-speaking adults from the National Institutes of Health Toolbox (NIHTB) normative project and 604 community-dwelling adults with neurologic conditions including spinal cord injury (SCI n=209), traumatic brain injury (TBI n=184), and stroke (cerebrovascular accident [CVA] n=211) (N=1640). INTERVENTION: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The NIHTB-EB. RESULTS: A series of univariate analyses comparing summary scores across the 4 groups (SCI, TBI, CVA, normative group) were conducted to identify group differences. Base rates (defined as >1 SD toward the problematic direction) were also identified. The normative group demonstrated better emotional functioning characterized by greater social satisfaction and psychological well-being (normative group > SCI, TBI, CVA; P's <.0001), and less negative affect (normative group < SCI, P=.016; normative group < TBI, P<.001; normative group < CVA; P=.034) compared with each neurologic group. Using base rates to identify problematic emotions for the 3 summary scores, there were higher rates of problematic emotions on all 3 summary scores for the neurologic groups compared with the normative group. CONCLUSIONS: The NIHTB-EB summary scores demonstrate an increased prevalence of problematic emotions among individuals with 3 neurologic conditions, and might be useful for identifying individuals with similar conditions and potentially in need of psychological support.
Authors: Yejin Lee; Brian Chen; Mandy W M Fong; Jin-Moo Lee; Ginger E Nicol; Eric J Lenze; Lisa T Connor; Carolyn Baum; Alex W K Wong Journal: Top Stroke Rehabil Date: 2020-08-12 Impact factor: 2.119