Despite the frequency with which it occurs, the general public persists in holding misconceptions about brain injury. Greater public awareness is necessary to prompt appropriate health care funding and rehabilitative service decisions.
Results: Descriptive statistics revealed that beginning master's students, graduating master's students, and the lay public all endorsed some misconceptions about TBI. A series of chi-square analyses revealed that the 3 groups demonstrated significant differences in response accuracy. Specifically, the lay public endorsed more misconceptions than both student groups, and the graduating master's students endorsed fewer misconceptions than the beginning master's students. Conclusion: Although education is effective in dispelling some common misconceptions about TBI, persistent endorsement of some erroneous beliefs continues. Direct training is needed to address these fallacies.
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