The Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database: A Review of Published Research.

ABSTRACT: The Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) is the largest longitudinal TBI data set in the world. Our study reviews the works using TBIMS data for analysis in the last 5 years. A search (2015-2020) was conducted across PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar for studies that used the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research NIDILRR/VA-TBIMS data. Search terms were as follows: ["TBIMS" national database] within PubMed and Google Scholar, and ["TBIMS" AND national AND database] on EMBASE. Data sources, study foci (in terms of data processing and outcomes), study outcomes, and follow-up information usage were collected to categorize the studies included in this review. Variable usage in terms of TBIMS' form-based variable groups and limitations from ea

SUBMITTER: Tso S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240866 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature