aseline Predictors of Fatigue 1 Year After Mild Head Injury (original) (raw)

Objective: To compare reports of fatigue 12 months after inor trauma by participants with mild head injury (MHI) with hose with other injury, and identify injury and baseline preictors of fatigue. Design: An inception cohort study of participants with MHI nd other nonhead injuries recruited from and interviewed at he emergency department (ED), with a follow-up telephone nterview at 12 months. Setting: Level II community hospital ED. Participants: Participants (n 58) with MHI and loss of onsciousness (LOC) of 30 minutes or less and/or posttrauatic amnesia (PTA) less than 24 hours, 173 with MHI but no TA/LOC, and 128 with other mild nonhead injuries. Inclusion riteria: age 18 years or older, within 24 hours of injury, lasgow Coma Scale score of 13 or higher, and discharge from he ED. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure: Medical Outcomes Study 36tem Short-Form Health Survey Vitality subscale. Results: Significant predictors of fatigue severity at 12 onths were baseline ...