A longitudinal, controlled study of patient complaints following treated mild traumatic brain injury.
This study provided 3-month follow-up data to a previous paper that compared symptom complaints of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with those of non-injured control participants within 1 month of injury. The 110 MTBI patients and 118 control participants were group-matched on age, gender, education level, and socioeconomic status. As a group, MTBI patients no longer endorsed significantly more symptoms (M = 14.09, S.D. = 10.77) than did the control group (M = 12.56, S.D. = 8.46, P = .232). Only 3 of the 43 queried symptoms were endorsed by significantly more (Bonferroni-corrected P < .00116) MTBI patients than controls. Using the same Bonferroni-corrected criteria, 10 of the 43 symptoms were endorsed at a significantly higher severity level by MTBI patients. Overall, the treated MTBI group's symptom complaints diminished from baseline to 3 months post-injury, with relatively few differences remaining between the two groups.
Kashluba
Shauna
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Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, 10230-111 Avenue, Edmonton, Alta., T5G OB7, Canada.
Paniak
Chris
C
Blake
Treena
T
Reynolds
Shawn
S
Toller-Lobe
Geraldine
G
Nagy
Julianna
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values