title: The relationship between age and the self-report of health symptoms in persons with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the impact of age on health problems related to traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study using a survey instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient setting of a large urban tertiary care hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Young and old community dwellers with histories of TBI and control subjects matched for age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Structured interview using the Living Life After TBI assessment tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  Symptom reporting on 52 potential health problems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individuals with TBI reported significantly more overall health problems than those without TBI. Younger subjects with TBI reported more problems than their nondisabled, age-matched peers with their patterns of sleep as well as with their metabolic/endocrine, neurologic, and musculoskeletal systems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older people with TBI were more likely than nondisabled, age-matched peers to report problems with their metabolic/endocrine and neurologic systems. Younger people with TBI were more likely than older people with TBI to report difficulty falling asleep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. Sabrina.Breed@msnyuhealth.org
authors.forename: Sabrina T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Breed
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: Kathleen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology