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Repetitive head-injury exposure and later-in-life cognitive and emotional outcomes among former collegiate football players: a CLEAATS investigation.
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International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) [Int Rev Psychiatry] 2024 May; Vol. 36 (3), pp. 233-242. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 14. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This study measured the relationship between head-injury exposure and later-in-life cognitive and emotional symptoms in aging collegiate football players who participated in the College Level Aging Athlete Study. Linear regressions examined the relationship between various head-injury exposure variables (head-injury exposure estimate [HIEE], number of diagnosed concussions, and symptomatic hits to the head) and subjective cognitive function, objective cognitive function, and emotional/mood symptoms. Additional regressions evaluated the impact of emotional symptoms on subjective cognitive decline and objective cognitive function. Participants (n = 216) were 50-87 years old (M = 63.4 [8.5]), 91% White, and well-educated (bachelor's/graduate degree = 92%). HIEE did not predict scores on cognitive or emotional/mood symptom measures ( p's > .169). Diagnosed concussions had a small effect on depression symptoms ( p = .002, b = 0.501, R2 = .052) and subjective cognitive symptoms ( p = .002, b = 0.383, R2 = .051). An emotional symptom index had a stronger relationship ( p < .001, b = 0.693, R2 = .362) with subjective cognitive functioning but no significant relationship with objective cognitive function ( p = .052, b = -0.211, R2 = .020). Controlling for emotional symptoms, the relationship between concussions and subjective cognitive symptoms was attenuated ( p = .078, R2 = .011). Findings suggested that head-injury exposure was not significantly related to cognitive or emotional/mood outcomes in former collegiate football players and highlighted the importance of current emotional/mood symptoms on subjective cognitive function.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Universities
Depression epidemiology
Athletes psychology
Craniocerebral Trauma epidemiology
Craniocerebral Trauma psychology
Affective Symptoms etiology
Affective Symptoms epidemiology
Football injuries
Brain Concussion psychology
Cognitive Dysfunction etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369-1627
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39255023
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2024.2352572