A longitudinal, controlled study of patient complaints following treated mild traumatic brain injury

Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2004 Sep;19(6):805-16. doi: 10.1016/j.acn.2003.09.005.

Abstract

This study provided 3-month follow-up data to a previous paper that compared symptom complaints of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) with those of non-injured control participants within 1 month of injury. The 110 MTBI patients and 118 control participants were group-matched on age, gender, education level, and socioeconomic status. As a group, MTBI patients no longer endorsed significantly more symptoms (M = 14.09, S.D. = 10.77) than did the control group (M = 12.56, S.D. = 8.46, P = .232). Only 3 of the 43 queried symptoms were endorsed by significantly more (Bonferroni-corrected P < .00116) MTBI patients than controls. Using the same Bonferroni-corrected criteria, 10 of the 43 symptoms were endorsed at a significantly higher severity level by MTBI patients. Overall, the treated MTBI group's symptom complaints diminished from baseline to 3 months post-injury, with relatively few differences remaining between the two groups.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amnesia / classification
  • Amnesia / diagnosis
  • Amnesia / psychology
  • Brain Concussion / classification
  • Brain Concussion / diagnosis*
  • Brain Concussion / psychology
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / classification
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Brain Injury, Chronic / psychology
  • Cognition Disorders / classification
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nervous System Diseases / classification
  • Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Nervous System Diseases / psychology
  • Quality of Life / psychology
  • Reference Values