Abstract
The Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (Version 4) Traumatic Brain Injury Military (ANAM4 TBI-MIL) is commonly administered among U.S. service members both pre-deployment and following TBI. The current study used the ANAM4 TBI-MIL to develop a cognition summary score for TBI research and clinical trials, comparing eight composite scores based on their distributions and sensitivity/specificity when differentiating between service members with and without mild TBI (MTBI). Male service members with MTBI (n = 56; Mdn = 11 days-since-injury) or no self-reported TBI history (n = 733) completed eight ANAM4 TBI-MIL tests. Their throughput scores (correct responses/minute) were used to calculate eight composite scores: the overall test battery mean (OTBM); global deficit score (GDS); neuropsychological deficit score-weighted (NDS-W); low score composite (LSC); number of scores <50th, ≤16th percentile, or ≤5th percentile; and the ANAM Composite Score (ACS). The OTBM and ACS were normally distributed. Other composites had skewed, zero-inflated distributions (62.9% had GDS = 0). All composites differed significantly between participants with and without MTBI (p < .001), with deficit scores showing the largest effect sizes (d = 1.32-1.47). The Area Under the Curve (AUC) was lowest for number of scores ≤5th percentile (AUC = 0.653) and highest for the LSC, OTBM, ACS, and NDS-W (AUC = 0.709-0.713). The ANAM4 TBI-MIL has no well-validated composite score. The current study examined multiple candidate composite scores, finding that deficit scores showed larger group differences than the OTBM, but similar AUC values. The deficit scores were highly correlated. Future studies are needed to determine whether these scores show less redundancy among participants with more severe TBIs.
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