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. 2021 Dec;47(6):2035-2041.
doi: 10.1007/s00068-020-01372-7. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

Characteristics and outcome of severe traumatic brain injuries based on occupational status

Dominika Plancikova  1 , Johannes Leitgeb  2   3 , Alexandra Brazinova  3   4 , Juliana Melichova  1 , Patrik Sivco  1 , Eva Nemcovska  1 , Jarmila Pekarcikova  1 , Marek Majdan  5   6
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Characteristics and outcome of severe traumatic brain injuries based on occupational status

Dominika Plancikova et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose: The association of TBI with socioeconomic characteristics of patients has not been studied extensively. The objective of this study was to analyse the differences in injury characteristics and outcome in TBI patients based on their occupational status.

Methods: Data on patients from 13 centres based in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia were included in the analysis. Demographic characteristics, injury characteristics, treatment and outcome at various post-injury stages were compared according to occupational status. Logistic regression was used to adjust for the effect of co-variates. ICU mortality, hospital mortality, 6 months mortality, and outcome at 6 months were used as dependent variables.

Results: Overall, 886 patients were analysed with a mean age of 45.5 years. High-level falls were most prevalent in the blue-collar group (19%), most low-level falls occurred in the retired group. Traffic accidents were most common in students. The injuries were most severe in the blue-collar group and students. Highest mortalities and unfavourable outcomes were in the retired, students and white-collar workers had the best outcomes. Compared to retired patients, all groups had higher odds of favourable outcome at 6 months after adjusting for co-variates-OR from 2.2 (95% CI 1.1-4.6) for entrepreneurs to 3.6 (95% CI 1.8-7.2) for the blue-collar group.

Conclusion: Our paper provides clues pertaining specifically to variations in patterns and outcomes of TBI according to occupational status which can inform prevention and planning of services and can serve to plan priorities for further research.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Occupational status; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest. Our manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited.

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