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Table 1 Secondary and other outcome measures

From: Combined cognitive and vocational interventions after mild to moderate traumatic brain injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Outcome measure

Measures

Secondary outcomes

 Postconcussive symptoms

Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ) [31]

 Quality of life

EuroQol five dimensions (EQ-5D) [48]

 

Quality of Life After Brain Injury instrument (Qolibri) [49]

Other outcome measures

 Fatigue

Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) [50]

 Sleep

Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) [51]

 Self-reported cognitive functioning

Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) [52]

 Emotional functioning (anxiety and depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and self-efficacy)

The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [53]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder seven-item (GAD-7) scale [54]

Posttraumatic Symptom Scale (PTSS-10) [55]

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSS) [56]

Neuropsychological test measures

 Learning and memory

California Verbal Learning Test–Second Edition (CVLT-II) [57]

 Prospective memory

Memory for Intentions Screening Test (MIST) [58]

 Processing speed/executive function

Color Word Interference Test from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) [59]

Trail Making Test (TMT) from the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) [59]

Coding from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) [34]

Ruff 2 and 7 Selective Attention Test [60]

Modified Six Elements Test from the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) (to be applied at T4 only) [61]

 Validity

Forced Choice Recognition index from the CVLT-II [57]