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Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis.

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Frost, RB; Farrer, TJ; Primosch, M; Hedges, DW
Published in: Neuroepidemiology
January 2013

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public-health concern. To understand the extent of TBI, it is important to assess the prevalence of TBI in the general population. However, the prevalence of TBI in the general population can be difficult to measure because of differing definitions of TBI, differing TBI severity levels, and underreporting of sport-related TBI. Additionally, prevalence reports vary from study to study. In this present study, we used meta-analytic methods to estimate the prevalence of TBI in the adult general population. Across 15 studies, all originating from developed countries, which included 25,134 adults, 12% had a history of TBI. Men had more than twice the odds of having had a TBI than did women, suggesting that male gender is a risk factor for TBI. The adverse behavioral, cognitive and psychiatric effects associated with TBI coupled with the high prevalence of TBI identified in this study indicate that TBI is a considerable public and personal-health problem.

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Neuroepidemiology

DOI

EISSN

1423-0208

ISSN

0251-5350

Publication Date

January 2013

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

154 / 159

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Prevalence
  • Population Surveillance
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Brain Injuries
  • Adult
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Frost, R. B., Farrer, T. J., Primosch, M., & Hedges, D. W. (2013). Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis. Neuroepidemiology, 40(3), 154–159. https://doi.org/10.1159/000343275
Frost, R Brock, Thomas J. Farrer, Mark Primosch, and Dawson W. Hedges. “Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis.Neuroepidemiology 40, no. 3 (January 2013): 154–59. https://doi.org/10.1159/000343275.
Frost RB, Farrer TJ, Primosch M, Hedges DW. Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis. Neuroepidemiology. 2013 Jan;40(3):154–9.
Frost, R. Brock, et al. “Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis.Neuroepidemiology, vol. 40, no. 3, Jan. 2013, pp. 154–59. Epmc, doi:10.1159/000343275.
Frost RB, Farrer TJ, Primosch M, Hedges DW. Prevalence of traumatic brain injury in the general adult population: a meta-analysis. Neuroepidemiology. 2013 Jan;40(3):154–159.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neuroepidemiology

DOI

EISSN

1423-0208

ISSN

0251-5350

Publication Date

January 2013

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

154 / 159

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Prevalence
  • Population Surveillance
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Brain Injuries
  • Adult
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences