Profile of brief symptom inventory-18 (BSI-18) scores in collegiate athletes: A CARE Consortium study

Objective: The goal of this study was to characterize normative scores for the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) in collegiate athletes to inform decision making about the need for psychological health services in this group. Methods: Collegiate student-athletes (N = 20,034) from 25 universities completed the BSI-18 at their preseason baseline assessment. A subgroup (n = 5,387) underwent multiple baseline assessments. Global Severity Index (GSI) scores were compared to community norms and across multiple timepoints. Results: Collegiate athletes reported significantly lower GSI scores than published community norms (ppn = 230; 1.15%). Conclusions: For collegiate student-athletes, published BSI-18 threshold scores identify only extreme outliers who might benefit from additional behavioral health evaluation. Alternatively, use of threshold scores ≥ the 90th percentile identifies a more realistic 11.4% of the population, with higher likelihood of prior concussion and/or psychiatric disorders.</p

DS_10.1177_0363546518765145 – Supplemental material for Influences of Mental Illness, Current Psychological State, and Concussion History on Baseline Concussion Assessment Performance

<p>Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0363546518765145 for Influences of Mental Illness, Current Psychological State, and Concussion History on Baseline Concussion Assessment Performance by Michelle L. Weber, John-Henry L. Dean, Nicole L. Hoffman, Steven P. Broglio, Michael McCrea, Thomas W. McAllister, Julianne D. Schmidt in The American Journal of Sports Medicine</p