Open AccessSocial Support Buffers Against Cognitive Decline in Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness: Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Author(s) -
Marc Bedard,
Vanessa Taler
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa213
Subject(s) - cognition , cognitive decline , psychology , traumatic brain injury , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , social support , logistic regression , medicine , psychiatry , dementia , disease , pathology , psychotherapist
We 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.