Network analysis and relationship of symptom factors to functional outcomes and quality of life following mild traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a heterogenous injury which can be difficult to characterize and manage. Using cross-sectional network analysis (NA) to conceptualize mTBI symptoms offers an innovative solution to identify how mTBI symptoms relate to each other. The centrality hypothesis of network theory posits that certain symptoms in a network are more relevant (central) or have above average influence over the rest of the network. However, no studies have used NA to characterize the interrelationships between symptoms in a cohort of patients who presented with mTBI to a U.S. Level 1 trauma center emergency department and how subacute central symptoms relate to long-term outcomes.

Methods

Patients with mTBI (Glasgow Coma Scale = 13-15) evaluated across 1

SUBMITTER: Eagle SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10750770 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature