TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Traumatic brain injury, abuse, and poor sustained attention in youth and young adults who previously experienced foster care
JO  - Neurotrauma reports
A1  - Cusimano, Michael D.
A1  - Zhang, Stanley
A1  - Mei, Xin Y.
A1  - Kennedy, Dana
A1  - Saha, Ashirbani
A1  - Carpino, Melissa
A1  - Wolfe, David
A1  - Hoshizaki, Blaine
A1  - Mann, Robert
A1  - Schweizer, Tom
A1  - Asbridge, Mark
A1  - Bhalerao, Shree
A1  - Clarke, David
A1  - Comper, Paul
A1  - Cukier, Wendy
A1  - Cullen, Jim
A1  - Delay, David
A1  - Donnelly, Peter
A1  - Graham, Simon
A1  - Hoch, Jeffrey
A1  - Hwang, Stephen
A1  - Vaz, Eric
A1  - Roy, Eric
A1  - Shlonsky, Aron
A1  - Tator, Charles
A1  - Tepperman, Lorne
A1  - Topolovec-Vranic, Jane
A1  - Voaklander, Donald
SP  - 94
EP  - 102
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
N2  - Youth and young adults who previously experienced foster care are prone to negative life events, such as physical injuries, and adverse childhood experiences (ACE), such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. The purpose of the present study was to identify the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), ACE, and poor sustained attention and the associations of these events in this group of vulnerable persons. Participants completed standardized questionnaires on the prevalence of self-reported TBI (TBI) and ACE and performed the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) test to measure sustained attention. Chi-squared and Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum tests were used to assess demographic differences and associations between TBI and ACE. Sustained attention was assessed using analysis of variance and linear modeling. Seventy-one participants--46 youth and young adults who previously experienced foster care (vulnerable group) and 25 age-matched healthy controls--completed the standardized questionnaires. Analyses indicated that vulnerable participants reported markedly higher rates of TBI and ACE than healthy controls. Vulnerable persons with TBI reported significantly higher Total ACE scores (p = 0.02), were more likely to have a history of family dysfunction (p = 0.02), and were more likely to have lived with a mentally ill guardian (p = 0.01) than vulnerable persons with no TBI. TBI was significantly associated with Total Errors (p = 0.001 and p = 0.02) and Omission Errors (p < 0.001 and p = 0.01) in all participants and in vulnerable participants, respectively, after adjusting for education level.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2689-288X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neur.2020.0030
ID  - ref1
ER  -