The scope of early traumatic brain injury as a long-term health concern in two nationwide samples: Prevalence and prognostic factors

Abstract

Based on two independent nationwide samples, the scope of TBI as a health concern in adolescence and young adulthood is greater than previously documented. The findings suggest that TBI event-related factors, especially force of impact, have greater predictive value than clinical symptoms of severity at the acute stage, females being more sensitive to the effects of mild TBI than males.