Associations of Prior Head Injury With Mild Behavioral Impairment Domains.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated associations of prior head injury and number of prior head injuries with mild behavioral impairment (MBI) domains.

Setting

The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

Participants

A total of 2534 community-dwelling older adults who took part in the ARIC Neurocognitive Study stage 2 examination were included.

Design

This was a prospective cohort study. Head injury was defined using self-reported and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision ( ICD -9) code data. MBI domains were defined using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) via an established algorithm mapping noncognitive neuropsychiatric symptoms to the 6 domains of decreased motivation, affective dysregulation, impulse dyscontrol,

SUBMITTER: Richey LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728342 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature