Educational and employment outcomes associated with childhood traumatic brain injury in Scotland: A population-based record-linkage cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among young children and adolescents and the effects can be lifelong and wide-reaching. Although there have been numerous studies to evaluate the impact of childhood head injury on educational outcomes, few large-scale studies have been conducted, and previous research has been limited by issues of attrition, methodological inconsistencies, and selection bias. We aim to compare the educational and employment outcomes of Scottish schoolchildren previously hospitalised for TBI with their peers.

Methods and findings

A retrospective, record-linkage population cohort study was conducted using linkage of health and education administrative records. The cohort comprised all 766,244 singleton children

SUBMITTER: Visnick MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047529 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature