Accession Number:

ADA505341

Title:

Deployment- Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI): Incidence Natural History and Predictors of Recovery in Soldiers Returning from OIF/OEF

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE ROCKVILLE MD

Personal Author(s):

• Schwab, Karen

Report Date:

2009-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

The overarching aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology, natural history, and prognostic predictors of mild traumatic brain injury mTBI in a well- defined cohort of recently- deployed soldiers at Fort Carson and Fort Bragg. This study will augment the ongoing surveillance and clinical efforts at these locations by expanding the post- deployment assessment of traumatic brain injury TBI and TBI- related exposures identifying pre-existing and deployment- related exposures and comorbid conditions that may influence the risk or prognosis of mTBI-related sequelae and re- assessing this cohort at three, six, and twelve months after deployment with the aim of determining the persistence of post-deployment symptoms and the degree to which these symptoms impact on military or civilian employment, including fitness for military duty, functional status, and quality of life.

Descriptors:

• *ARMY PERSONNEL
• *BRAIN
• *TRAUMA
• *WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• ARMY FACILITIES
• EMPLOYMENT
• EPIDEMIOLOGY
• JOBS
• LIVING STANDARDS
• NATURAL HISTORY
• PREDICTIONS
• RISK
• SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE