Employment and Economic Outcomes of Participants With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the TRACK-TBI Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may impair the ability to work. Strategies to facilitate return to work are understudied.

Objective

To assess employment and economic outcomes for employed, working-age adults with mTBI in the 12 months after injury and the association between return to work and employer assistance.

Design, setting, and participants

Using data from the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) study, a cohort study of patients with mTBI presenting to emergency departments of 11 level I US trauma centers was performed. Patients with mTBI enrolled in the TRACK-TBI cohort study from February 26, 2014, to May 4, 2016, were followed up at 2 weeks and 3, 6, and 12 months after injury. Work status and inco

SUBMITTER: Gaudette E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature