Research Article
Cognitive Impairment after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Clinical Course and Impact on Outcome: A Swedish-Icelandic Study
| | Age at injury, years, median (range) | | 42 (17–65) |
| | Gender (female/male) | | (28/86) |
| Worst unsedated GCS1 3–8 first 24 hours
median, (range) | | 5 (3–8) |
| | Cause of injury, (%) | Transport accident | 46 (41) | | Fall | 50 (44) | | Other | 13 (11) | | Missing | 5 (4) |
| | Length of stay in intensive care, days, median (range) | | 17 (1–78) |
| | Economic support at time of injury, (%) | Employed/self-employed fulltime | 57 (50) | | Study grant | 7 (6) | | Unemployment benefit or social support | 11 (10) | | Sick pay | 16 (14) | | Other2 | 8 (7) | | Part-time employment/self-employment | 6 (5) | | Unknown | 3 (3) | | Missing data | 6 (5) |
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| | Education <12 years, , | | | | missing = 7 | Female | 10/107 (9) | | Male | 35/107 (33) | | Previous brain injury requiring hospitalization, , | | | | missing = 9 | Female | 5/105 (5) | | Male | 13/105 (12) | | Previous brain injury requiring CT scan of the brain, , | | | | missing = 9 | Female | 6/105 (6) | | Male | 12/105 (11) | | Previous mental illness, , | | | | missing = 5 | Female | 6/109 (6) | | Male | 12/109 (11) | | Previous learning problem, , | | | | missing = 6 | Female | 3/108 (3) | | Male | 9/108 (8) | | Previous memory problems, , | | | | missing = 6 | Female | 3/108 (3) | | Male | 12/108 (11) | |
Previous difficulty concentrating, , | | | | missing = 6 | Female | 3/108 (3) | | Male | 17/108 (16) |
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1Conversion from RLS scores to GCS scores for those patients not assessed with GCS ().
2Other economic support.
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