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Title
Changing patterns in the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury
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Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health and socio-economic problem throughout the world. Reliable quantification of the burden caused by TBI is difficult owing to inadequate standardization and incomplete capture of data on the incidence and outcome of brain injury, with variability in the definition of TBI being partly to blame. Reports show changes in epidemiological patterns of TBI: the median age of individuals who experience TBI is increasing, and falls have now surpassed road traffic incidents as the leading cause of this injury. Despite claims to the contrary, no clear decrease in TBI-related mortality or improvement of overall outcome has been observed over the past two decades. In this Perspectives article, we discuss the strengths and limitations of epidemiological studies, address the variability in its definition, and highlight changing epidemiological patterns. Taken together, these analyses identify a great need for standardized epidemiological monitoring in TBI.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature reviews : neurology
Publication
2013
ISSN
1759-4758
1759-4766
DOI
10.1038/NRNEUROL.2013.22
Volume/pages
9 :4 (2013) , p. 231-236
ISI
000317268100011
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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