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Citation

De Guise E, Leblanc J, Dagher J, Tinawi S, Lamoureux J, Marcoux J, Maleki M, Feyz M. Int. Sch. Res. Notices 2014; 2014: 1-9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2014/263241

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background. The aim of this study was to compare acute outcome between men and women after sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods. A total of 5,642 patients admitted to the Traumatic Brain Injury Program of the McGill University Health Centre-Montreal General Hospital between 2000 and 2011 and diagnosed with a TBI were included in the study. The overall percentage of women with TBI was 30.6% (n=1728). Outcome measures included the length of stay (LOS), the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOSE), the functional independence measure instrument (FIM), discharge destination, and mortality rate.
Results. LOS, GOSE, the FIM ratings, and discharge destination did not show significant differences between genders once controlling for several confounding variables and running the appropriate diagnostic tests (p < 0.05). However, women had less chance of dying during their acute care hospitalization than men of the same age, with the same TBI severity and following the same mechanism of injury. Although gender was a statistically significant predictor, its contribution in explaining variation in mortality was small.
Conclusion. More research is needed to better understand gender differences in mortality; as to date, the research findings remain inconclusive.


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