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Interventions provided in the acute phase for mild traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

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Gravel, Jocelyn, D’Angelo, Antonio, Carrière, Benoit, Crevier, Louis, Beauchamp, Miriam H, Chauny, Jean-Marc, Wassef, Maggy, Chaillet, Nils·2013·Systematic Reviews

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BACKGROUND: Most patients who sustain mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have persistent symptoms at 1 week and 1 month after injury. This systematic review investigated the effectiveness of interventions initiated in acute settings for patients who experience mTBI. METHODS: We performed a systematic review of all randomized clinical trials evaluating any intervention initiated in an acute setting for patients experiencing acute mTBI. All possible outcomes were included. The primary sources of identification were MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central register of Controlled Trials, from 1980 to August 2012. Hand searching of proceedings from five meetings related to mTBI was also performed. Study selection was conducted by two co-authors, and data abstraction was completed by a research assistant specialized in conducting systematic reviews. Study quality was evaluated using Cochrane's Risk of Bias assessment tool. RESULTS: From a potential 15,156 studies, 1,268 abstracts were evaluated and 120 articles were read completely. Of these, 15 studies fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criteria. One study evaluated a pharmacological intervention, two evaluated activity restriction, one evaluated head computed tomography scan versus admission, four evaluated information interventions, and seven evaluated different follow-up interventions. Use of different outcome measures limited the possibilities for analysis. However, a meta-analysis of three studies evaluating various follow-up strategies versus routine follow-up or no follow-up failed to show any effect on three outcomes at 6 to 12 months post-trauma. In addition, a meta-analysis of two studies found no effect of an information intervention on headache at 3 months post-injury. CONCLUSIONS: There is a paucity of well-designed clinical studies for patients who sustain mTBI. The large variability in outcomes measured in studies limits comparison between them.

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Gravel, J., D’Angelo, A., Carrière, B., Crevier, L., Beauchamp, M. H., Chauny, J.-M., Wassef, M., & Chaillet, N.
Affiliations
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
  • CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center (CA)
  • Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author
Gravel, Jocelyn
Venue
Systematic Reviews
Published
2013-08-07
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
63-63
ISSN
2046-4053 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2169796016
Cited by
53
References
70
Citations by year
2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 1
FWCI
0.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Keywords
mild traumatic brain injury, follow-up intervention, information interventions, activity limitation, pharmacological interventions, computed tomography, headache, treatment effectiveness
MeSH terms
Brain Injuries, Hospitalization, Humans, Outcome Assessment, Health Care

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