Vietnam Head Injury Study Phase III: A 30 Year Post-Injury Follow-Up Study.

摘要

Implementation of the Vietnam Head Injury Study Phase III (VHIS - PIII) has begun. By November 2003 all study staff had been hired, and underwent subsequent training to administer the battery of tests. By April 2004 we had received all the required protocol approvals and inter-agency cooperative agreements, and began testing subjects. To date, 28 head-injured subjects and 6 non-head injured control subjects have been assessed, and these data have been entered into the VHIS - Phase III computer database. Of those who were examined in Phase II, 320 head-injured subjects and 31 control subjects have agreed to further participation. We have publicized the study in both veteran, military and the national press, and are in the process of recruiting additional control subjects. The assessments have already identified four cases with significant undetected medical pathology.