Global Disability Trajectories Over the First Decade Following Combat Concussion.
Global Disability Trajectories Over the First Decade Following Combat Concussion.
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10.1097/htr.0000000000000738
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2022-03-01
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Temkin N
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Mac Donald CL;Barber J;Johnson A;Patterson J;Temkin N
To examine global disability trajectories in US military with and without traumatic brain injury(TBI) over the first decade following deployment to identify risk profiles for better intervention stratification, hopefully reducing long-term cost. Patients and participants were enrolled in combat or directly following medical evacuation at the time of injury and followed every 6 months for 10 years. There are four main groups(n=475); two primary, two exploratory: (1) combat-deployed controls without history of blast exposure ‘non-blast-control’ (n=143), (2) concussive blast TBI ‘blast-TBI’ (n=236) (primary), and (3) combat-deployed controls with history of blast exposure ‘blast-control’ (n=54), (4) patients sustaining a combat concussion not from blast ‘non-blast-TBI’ (n=42) (exploratory). Prospective, observational, longitudinal study. Combat concussion, blast exposure and subsequent head injury exposure over the first decade post-deployment. Global disability measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE). Latent class growth analysis identified four main trajectories of global outcome, with service members sustaining combat concussion 37–49 times more likely to be in the higher disability trajectories than non-blast-controls (blast-TBI OR 49.33, CI 19.77–123.11 p<0.001, non-blast-TBI OR 37.50, CI 10.01–140.50, p<0.001). Even blast-exposed-controls were 5 times more likely to be in these lower disability categories compared to non-blast-controls (OR 5.00, CI 1.59–15.99, p=0.007). Adjustment for demographic factors and subsequent head injury exposure did not substantially alter these odds ratios. Very high odds of poor long-term outcome trajectory was identified for those who sustained a concussion in combat, were younger at the time of injury, had lower education, and enlisted in the Army above the risk of deployment alone. These findings help identify a risk profile that could be used to target early intervention and screen for poor long-term outcome to aid in reducing the high public health cost and enhance the long-term quality of life for these service members following deployment.