Imaging Study on Trauma & Resilience (iSTAR)
The iSTAR study was a longitudinal investigation examining the impact of neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage on neurocognitive functioning in traumatically-injured adults. The study cohort comprised 215 English-speaking participants aged 18 to 60 years, recruited between 2016 and 2020 from an Emergency Department in southeastern Wisconsin, United States of America. Participants were enrolled within 30 days of experiencing a traumatic injury that met DSM-5 Criterion A for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and were assessed at three specific time points post-injury: two weeks (T1), three months (T2), and six months (T3), during which they completed self-report measures and computerised neurocognitive assessments.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
215 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Census data
Engagement
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