Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Due To Accident Linked To Higher Risk Of Cognitive Problems A Year Later Compared To Uninjured Peers

People age 17 and older who experienced a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) due to an accident may be more likely to have poor cognitive outcomes (cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, or both) one year later, compared to people of the same age who were not injured. The study was conducted to determine whether poor one-year cognitive outcome could be predicted by routinely available baseline clinical variables.

In mTBI, the injured person may remain conscious after the head injury or may experience a loss of consciousness for a few seconds or minutes. The person may have a headache, confusion, dizziness . . .