TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Early predictors of employment status one year post injury in individuals with traumatic brain injury in Europe
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
A1  - Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos
A1  - Zeldovich, Marina
A1  - Olabarrieta-Landa, Laiene
A1  - Forslund, Marit Vindal
A1  - Núñez-Fernández, Silvia
A1  - von Steinbuechel, Nicole
A1  - Howe, Emilie Isager
A1  - Røe, Cecilie
A1  - Andelic, Nada
A1  - Center-Tbi Participants And Investigators, null
SP  - e2007
EP  - e2007
VL  - 9
IS  - 6
N2  - Sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often affects the individual's ability to work, reducing employment rates post-injury across all severities of TBI. The objective of this multi-country study was to assess the most relevant early predictors of employment status in individuals after TBI at one-year post-injury in European countries. Using a prospective longitudinal non-randomized observational cohort (The Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI (CENTER-TBI) project), data was collected between December 2014-2019 from 63 trauma centers in 18 European countries. The 1015 individuals who took part in this study were potential labor market participants, admitted to a hospital and enrolled within 24 h of injury with a clinical TBI diagnosis and indication for a computed tomography (CT) scan, and followed up at one year. <br><br>RESULTS from a binomial logistic regression showed that older age, status of part-time employment or unemployment at time of injury, premorbid psychiatric problems, and higher injury severity (as measured with higher Injury severity score (ISS), lower Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and longer length of stay (LOS) in hospital) were associated with higher unemployment probability at one-year after injury. The study strengthens evidence for age, employment at time of injury, premorbid psychiatric problems, ISS, GCS, and LOS as important predictors for employment status one-year post-TBI across Europe.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2077-0383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9062007
ID  - ref1
ER  -