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Traumatic brain injury rates and sequelae: A comparison of prisoners with a matched community sample in Australia.
- Source :
- Brain Injury; Feb2011, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p131-141, 11p, 7 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Aim: To compare rates of past reported traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a prisoner sample with those in a control group drawn from the same location of usual residence. Method: The prisoner group comprised a consecutive sample of men ( n = 200) received into custody and screened by face-to-face interview. The control group comprised men ( n = 200) matched for location of usual residence screened by telephone interview. Participants were asked about past TBIs and screened for drug and alcohol abuse, impulsivity and dissocial personality disorder. Results: Eighty-two per cent of prisoners and 71.5% of community participants reported at least one past TBI of any severity (i.e. with or without a loss of consciousness (LOC)) and 64.5% of prisoners and 32.2% of community participants reported at least one TBI associated with a LOC. Prisoners were more likely to report persisting side-effects of TBI and were much more likely to screen positive for impulsivity and dissocial personality disorder. Multivariate analyses found no significant association between TBI frequency or severity and custody/community group membership. Conclusions: High reported rates of TBI in prisoner populations may reflect the excess of socio-demographic risk factors for TBI. Results of the current study do not support a role for TBI as causally related to criminal conduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
ANTISOCIAL personality disorders
CHI-squared test
COMPARATIVE studies
COMPUTER software
CONFIDENCE intervals
CRIME
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
IMPULSE control disorders
MARITAL status
PRISONERS
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PERSONALITY
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
SUBSTANCE abuse
SURVEYS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
EDUCATIONAL attainment
SEVERITY of illness index
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 57244593
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2010.536193