Educational, Vocational, Psychosocial, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Adult Survivors of Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine long-term outcomes from child traumatic brain injury (TBI) and relevance of injury severity. DESIGN: A retrospective cross-sectional design. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and twenty-four young adult survivors of childhood TBI (81 men), aged 18 to 30 years at evaluation (mean = 23.5, SD = 2.9), with injury on average 13.7 years prior to evaluation divided according to injury severity: mild (n = 60), moderate (n = 27), and severe (n = 37). MAIN MEASURES: Questionnaires assessed educational and employment status, psychosocial function, and quality-of-life issues. RESULTS: Functional difficulties persisted into adulthood. Injury severity was a particularly strong predictor of l..