作者
Rita Nguyen, Kirsten M Fiest, Jane McChesney, Churl-Su Kwon, Nathalie Jette, Alexandra D Frolkis, Callie Atta, Sarah Mah, Harinder Dhaliwal, Aylin Reid, Tamara Pringsheim, Jonathan Dykeman, Clare Gallagher
发表日期
2016/11
来源
Canadian journal of neurological sciences
卷号
43
期号
6
页码范围
774-785
出版商
Cambridge University Press
简介
Background
Understanding the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is essential to shape public health policy, implement prevention strategies, and justify allocation of resources toward research, education, and rehabilitation in TBI. There is not, to our knowledge, a systematic review of population-based studies addressing the epidemiology of TBI that includes all subtypes. We performed a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the worldwide incidence of TBI.
Methods
A search was conducted on May 23, 2014, in Medline and EMBASE according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Abstracts were screened independently and in duplicate to identify original research. Study quality and ascertainment bias were assessed in duplicate using a previously published tool. Demographic data and incidence estimates from each study were recorded …
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