Status:
COMPLETED
The Long-term Consequences After Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly
Lead Sponsor:
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Aging
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Brief Summary
A better understanding of the injury patterns, injury severity, risk profiles, consequences and impact of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the elderly population is necessary due to the increasing inci...
Detailed Description
A database of over 1200 patients will be created by the retrospective capture of the following data in UZ Leuven database: Injury mechanisms data: In order to create a map of injury patterns, severi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ≥ 65 years old at the time of the accident
- admitted to UZ Leuven from 1999 and 2019
- all injury severities
- classified by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (mild (GCS 13-15), moderate (GCS 9-12) or severe (GCS ≤8))
- having signed the informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion
- \< 65 years old
- admitted to UZ Leuven in a different period from 1999-2019
- diagnosis of other neurodegenerative diseases before the TBI
- cognitive and motor disturbances caused by any other pathology before the TBI
- previous alcohol/drugs abuse
- not having signed the informed consent to participate in the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 3 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
47 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04074850
Start Date
August 1 2019
End Date
November 3 2022
Last Update
January 27 2023
Active Locations (1)
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium, 3000