Is Sex an Indicator of Prognosis After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Analysis of the Findings of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the International Collaboration on Mild Traumatic

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3447945	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	2016	14 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Sex is not a well-studied prognostic indicator for recovery after MTBI, but small sex differences were found for some outcomes. More well-designed studies are needed that report outcomes according to sex and control for potential confounders.

Keywords

TBI RPQ mTBI RTW Traumatic brain injury Mild traumatic brain injury Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD Return to work emergency department Rehabilitation Sex Relative risk PCs World Health Organization Brain concussion confidence interval odds ratio prognosis WHO