Perceived Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicidality in Former Professional Football Players.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Participation in American-style football (ASF) has been linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathological change (CTE-NC), a specific neuropathologic finding that can only be established at autopsy. Despite being a postmortem diagnosis, living former ASF players may perceive themselves to have CTE-NC. At present, the proportion and clinical correlates of living former professional ASF athletes with perceived CTE who report suicidality are unknown.

Objective

To determine the proportion, clinical correlates, and suicidality of living former professional ASF players with perceived CTE.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study within the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University was conducted from 2017 to 2020. Using electr

SUBMITTER: Grashow R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420824 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature