INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 03 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 09:30 am - 10:40 am Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma \| Neurovascular Final Abstract #45 Construct Validity of the V-8 in Sport-Related Concussion Brett Macchio, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Lauren Moon, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Sohrab Sami, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Kassandra Korcsog, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Joseph Casey, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Christopher Abeare, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Category: Concussion/Mild TBI (Adult) Keyword 1: concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury Keyword 2: sports-related neuropsychology Objective: This study was designed to assess the construct validity of the V-8 in a post-injury sport-related concussion sample. The V-8 is a brief measure of eight variables in a visual-analog format, intended for brief and repeated administrations. Participants and Methods: Sixty collegiate athletes (M_age= 20, SD_age= 1.8, range = 17-25; 58% male; 60% White; M_edu= 13.3 , SD_edu= 1.3) from a mid-size Canadian university who recently sustained a concussion were tested as part of the University’s sport-related concussion clinic from the following sports: men and women’s basketball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and men’s football. Athletes completed a brief neuropsychological battery as well as self-report symptom measures. Among others, they completed the PCSS, DASS-42, and some PROMIS measures. They completed the V-8 at the beginning of the evaluation as well as at the end. Results: Pearson correlations were computed in order to compare each of the V-8 items (energy, depression, anxiety, happiness, stress, motivation, fatigue, and pain) with the PCSS and appropriate subscales of the DASS-42 and PROMIS measures. Results supported good convergent validity evidence for the V-8 items with validity coefficients ranging from moderate to strong. Mean V-8 scores tended to have the highest validity coefficients, with some interesting and notable exceptions. Conclusions: The V-8 was developed to be used as a psychological screening tool in settings where brief and repeated measurement and monitoring of psychological variables may be useful. The findings support the construct validity of the V-8 against well validated measures. Future research should validate established cut-offs in this population to further support the use of the V-8 in this context. This is an important step in demonstrating that utility of the V-8 in making return-to-play decisions for concussed athletes.

Poster

02/15/2024
09:30 am - 10:40 am
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma | Neurovascular

Final Abstract #45

Construct Validity of the V-8 in Sport-Related Concussion

Brett Macchio, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Lauren Moon, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Sohrab Sami, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Kassandra Korcsog, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Joseph Casey, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Christopher Abeare, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

Category: Concussion/Mild TBI (Adult)

Keyword 1: concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury
Keyword 2: sports-related neuropsychology

Objective:

This study was designed to assess the construct validity of the V-8 in a post-injury sport-related concussion sample. The V-8 is a brief measure of eight variables in a visual-analog format, intended for brief and repeated administrations.

Participants and Methods:

Sixty collegiate athletes (M_age= 20, SD_age= 1.8, range = 17-25; 58% male; 60% White; M_edu= 13.3 , SD_edu= 1.3) from a mid-size Canadian university who recently sustained a concussion were tested as part of the University’s sport-related concussion clinic from the following sports: men and women’s basketball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and men’s football. Athletes completed a brief neuropsychological battery as well as self-report symptom measures. Among others, they completed the PCSS, DASS-42, and some PROMIS measures. They completed the V-8 at the beginning of the evaluation as well as at the end.

Results:

Pearson correlations were computed in order to compare each of the V-8 items (energy, depression, anxiety, happiness, stress, motivation, fatigue, and pain) with the PCSS and appropriate subscales of the DASS-42 and PROMIS measures. Results supported good convergent validity evidence for the V-8 items with validity coefficients ranging from moderate to strong. Mean V-8 scores tended to have the highest validity coefficients, with some interesting and notable exceptions.

Conclusions:

The V-8 was developed to be used as a psychological screening tool in settings where brief and repeated measurement and monitoring of psychological variables may be useful. The findings support the construct validity of the V-8 against well validated measures. Future research should validate established cut-offs in this population to further support the use of the V-8 in this context. This is an important step in demonstrating that utility of the V-8 in making return-to-play decisions for concussed athletes.