Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury a Life Long Process
Las Vegas, Nevada Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
If you had a traumatic brain injury as a child, there are indications that you carry it with you into your adult years. This could complicate a subsequent traumatic brain injury.
A new study found a group of 50 adult survivors of child TBI with ongoing problems over 13 years after traumatic brain injury. Results show:
Intellectual and personality measures indicated good outcomes, with mean scores for all groups in the average range and few severity-based findings. In contrast, those with more severe TBI were more likely to have educational and employment problems. QOL was significantly reduced in the context of severe insult, with lower IQ and personality factors most predictive of outcome in this domain. Mild and moderate TBI were generally more benign.
The study concluded by saying:
Findings suggest that, while TBI is a lifelong problem, its impact is most dramatic in the domain of QOL, where a complex interaction occurs between injury factors, cognition, and personality.
Neuropsychology
Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 176-184
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