Health and cognition among adults with and without Traumatic Brain Injury: A matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate associations between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and presence of health conditions, and to compare associations of health and cognition between TBI cases and controls.

Methods

This matched case-control study used data from the TBI Model Systems National Database (TBI cases) and Midlife in the United States II and Refresher studies (controls).  248 TBI cases were age-, sex-, race-, and education-matched without replacement to three controls. Cases and controls were compared on prevalence of 18 self-reported conditions, self-rated health, composite scores from the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone.

Results

The following conditions were significantly more prevalent among TBI cases versus controls: anxiety/depression (OR = 3.12, 95% CI: 2.

SUBMITTER: Kumar RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature