The RAND Online Measure Repository for evaluating psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs : the RAND toolkit, volume 2 / Joie D. Acosta, Kerry A. Reynolds, Emily M. Gillen, Kevin Carter Feeney, Carrie M. Farmer, Robin M. Weinick
- Author
- Acosta, Joie D.
- Published
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2014.
- Physical Description
- xv, 61 pages ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators
- Reynolds, Kerry A., Gillen, Emily Meredith, Feeney, Kevin Carter, Farmer, Carrie M., Weinick, Robin M., National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center, Rand Corporation, United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury (U.S.)
Online Version
- Contents
- Introduction -- Development of the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Characteristics of Measures Included in the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Potential Uses of the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Appendix A: Existing Measure Repositories -- Appendix B: Detailed Literature Search Strategies Used to Identify Measures -- Appendix C: References Included in the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Appendix D: List of Measures Included in the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Appendix E: Data Abstraction Form -- Appendix F: Glossary -- Appendix G: Brief Guide to Interpreting Measure Reliability and Validity in the RAND Online Measure Repository -- Appendix H: Brief User Guide for the RAND Online Measure Repository.
- Summary
- Since 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in extended conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most military personnel cope well across the deployment cycle, the operational tempo may raise the risk of mental health problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, and consequences from traumatic brain injury (TBI). To support servicemembers and their families as they cope with these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs addressing biological, social, spiritual, and holistic influences on psychological health along the resilience, prevention, and treatment continuum that focus on a variety of clinical and nonclinical concerns. As these efforts have proliferated, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. To support the design and implementation of program evaluation, RAND developed the RAND Online Measure Repository (ROMR) which indexes and describes measures related to psychological health and TBI. The ROMR is a publicly accessible, online, searchable database containing 171 measures related to psychological health and TBI. This report describes the rationale for developing the ROMR, the content included in the ROMR, and its potential in both civilian and military populations. The ROMR includes information about measure domains, psychometrics, number of items, and costs, which can inform the selection of measures for program evaluations. Included measures address domains of primary importance to psychological health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and resiliency) and TBI (cognition, executive functioning, and memory). Also identified are measures relevant to military units, such as unit cohesion and force readiness and preservation.
- Report Numbers
- RAND/RR-487/2-OSD
- Subject(s)
- Soldiers—Mental health services—United States
- Post-traumatic stress disorder—United States
- Brain—Wounds and injuries—United States
- Depression, Mental—United States
- Veterans—Mental health services—United States
- Medical Informatics Applications
- Models, Psychological
- Government Programs
- Brain Injuries
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic—therapy
- ISBN
- 9780833059383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0833059386 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Note
- "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
"This research was ... conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Forms
- Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
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