Longitudinal Recovery Following Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury

Importance: One traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of subsequent TBIs. Research on longitudinal outcomes of civilian repetitive TBIs is limited.

Objective: To investigate associations between sustaining 1 or more TBIs (ie, postindex TBIs) after study enrollment (ie, index TBIs) and multidimensional outcomes at 1 year and 3 to 7 years.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study included participants presenting to emergency departments enrolled within 24 hours of TBI in the prospective, 18-center Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) study (enrollment years, February 2014 to July 2020). Participants who completed outcome assessments at 1 year and 3 to 7 years were included. Data were analyzed from September 2022 to August 2023.

Exposures: Postindex TBI(s).

Main Outcomes and Measures: Demographic and clinical factors, prior TBI (ie, preindex TBI), and functional (Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended [GOSE]), postconcussive (Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire [RPQ]), psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory-18 [BSI-18]), depressive (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 [PCL-5]), and health-related quality-of-life (Quality of Life After Brain Injury-Overall Scale [QOLIBRI-OS]) outcomes were assessed. Adjusted mean differences (aMDs) and adjusted relative risks are reported with 95% CIs.

Results: Of 2417 TRACK-TBI participants, 1572 completed the outcomes assessment at 1 year (1049 [66.7%] male; mean [SD] age, 41.6 [17.5] years) and 1084 completed the outcomes assessment at 3 to 7 years (714 [65.9%] male; mean [SD] age, 40.6 [17.0] years). At 1 year, a total of 60 participants (4%) were Asian, 255 (16%) were Black, 1213 (77%) were White, 39 (2%) were another race, and 5 (0.3%) had unknown race. At 3 to 7 years, 39 (4%) were Asian, 149 (14%) were Black, 868 (80%) were White, 26 (2%) had another race, and 2 (0.2%) had unknown race. A total of 50 (3.2%) and 132 (12.2%) reported 1 or more postindex TBIs at 1 year and 3 to 7 years, respectively. Risk factors for postindex TBI were psychiatric history, preindex TBI, and extracranial injury severity. At 1 year, compared with those without postindex TBI, participants with postindex TBI had worse functional recovery (GOSE score of 8: adjusted relative risk, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.34-0.96) and health-related quality of life (QOLIBRI-OS: aMD, -15.9; 95% CI, -22.6 to -9.1), and greater postconcussive symptoms (RPQ: aMD, 8.1; 95% CI, 4.2-11.9), psychological distress symptoms (BSI-18: aMD, 5.3; 95% CI, 2.1-8.6), depression symptoms (PHQ-9: aMD, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.5-4.4), and PTSD symptoms (PCL-5: aMD, 7.8; 95% CI, 3.2-12.4). At 3 to 7 years, these associations remained statistically significant. Multiple (2 or more) postindex TBIs were associated with poorer outcomes across all domains.

Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study of patients with acute TBI, postindex TBI was associated with worse symptomatology across outcome domains at 1 year and 3 to 7 years postinjury, and there was a dose-dependent response with multiple postindex TBIs. These results underscore the critical need to provide TBI prevention, education, counseling, and follow-up care to at-risk patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

JAMA network open - 6(2023), 9 vom: 05. Sept., Seite e2335804

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Etemad, Leila L [VerfasserIn]
Yue, John K [VerfasserIn]
Barber, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Nelson, Lindsay D [VerfasserIn]
Bodien, Yelena G [VerfasserIn]
Satris, Gabriela G [VerfasserIn]
Belton, Patrick J [VerfasserIn]
Madhok, Debbie Y [VerfasserIn]
Huie, J Russell [VerfasserIn]
Hamidi, Sabah [VerfasserIn]
Tracey, Joye X [VerfasserIn]
Coskun, Bukre C [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Justin C [VerfasserIn]
Yuh, Esther L [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Pratik [VerfasserIn]
Markowitz, Amy J [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Michael C [VerfasserIn]
Tarapore, Phiroz E [VerfasserIn]
Robertson, Claudia S [VerfasserIn]
Diaz-Arrastia, Ramon [VerfasserIn]
Stein, Murray B [VerfasserIn]
Ferguson, Adam R [VerfasserIn]
Puccio, Ava M [VerfasserIn]
Okonkwo, David O [VerfasserIn]
Giacino, Joseph T [VerfasserIn]
McCrea, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Manley, Geoffrey T [VerfasserIn]
Temkin, Nancy R [VerfasserIn]
DiGiorgio, Anthony M [VerfasserIn]
TRACK-TBI Investigators [VerfasserIn]
Duhaime, Ann-Christine [Sonstige Person]
Elguindy, Mahmoud M [Sonstige Person]
Fabian, Brian [Sonstige Person]
Gopinath, Shankar [Sonstige Person]
Grandhi, Ramesh [Sonstige Person]
Halabi, Cathra [Sonstige Person]
Jain, Sonia [Sonstige Person]
Jha, Ruchira M [Sonstige Person]
Korley, Frederick K [Sonstige Person]
Madden, Christopher [Sonstige Person]
Merchant, Randall [Sonstige Person]
Ngwenya, Laura B [Sonstige Person]
Schnyer, David M [Sonstige Person]
Sun, Xiaoying [Sonstige Person]
Taylor, Sabrina R [Sonstige Person]
Valadka, Alex B [Sonstige Person]
van Essen, Thomas A [Sonstige Person]
Vassar, Mary J [Sonstige Person]
Zafonte, Ross D [Sonstige Person]

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Date Completed 27.09.2023

Date Revised 22.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.35804

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NLM362475504