effect of mild traumatic brain injury and demographic factors on psychological outcome

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elham shafiei trauma research center, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کاشان (kashan university of medical sciences)

esmaeil fakharian trauma research center, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, ir iran; trauma research center, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, ir iran. tel/fax: +98-3615620634سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کاشان (kashan university of medical sciences)

abdollah omidi department of clinical psychology, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کاشان (kashan university of medical sciences)

hossein akbari department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کاشان (kashan university of medical sciences)

چکیده

conclusions mild traumatic brain injuries despite of the normal ct scan and history of substance abuse are closely related to psychological symptoms. therefore, it is recommended that patients with brain trauma 6 months post-injury and subjects with a history of substance abuse be evaluated for psychological distress to support better rehabilitation. background it is well-known that severe brain injury can make people susceptible to psychological symptoms. however, mild traumatic brain injury (mtbi) is still open for discussion. objectives this study aimed to compare psychological symptoms of mtbi patients with those without mtbi considering demographic auxiliary variables. patients and methods this prospective cohort study was conducted on 50 mtbi patients and 50 healthy subjects aged 15 - 65 years. psychological assessment was carried out six months post-injury using a series of self-report measures including the brief symptom inventory (bsi) scale. other information of the individuals in the two groups was recorded prospectively. data were analyzed using the chi-square test, t-test, and multiple linear regression tests. results there was a significant difference between the mtbi patients and healthy subjects in all subscales and total score of bsi. our findings showed that obsession-compulsion and anxiety subscales were significantly more common in the mtbi patients than in the healthy subjects. also, multivariate regression analysis six months post- injury showed that head trauma and substance abuse can have an effect on psychological symptoms.

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