Social Support Buffers Against Cognitive Decline in Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Definition of mild traumatic brain injury

Marc Bedard, Vanessa Taler and Laura Zahodne

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021, vol. 76, issue 9, 1777-1787

Abstract: ObjectivesWe investigated rates of cognitive decline at 3-year follow-up from initial examination in people reporting mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with loss of consciousness (LOC) more than a year prior to initial examination. We examined the role of social support as predictor of preserved cognitive function in this sample.MethodAnalyses were conducted on 440 participants who had self-reported LOC of

Keywords: CLSA; Cognitive reserve; Mild cognitive impairment; Social interaction; Social support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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