Enhancing the TBI Model System Core Dataset to Expand Research on Environmental Influences Affecting Outcomes from TBI

Participating Centers:

• Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System
• Northern California Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• New Jersey TBI Model System at JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
• The Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System
• Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• Mayo Clinic Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• The Texas TBI Model System of TIRR
• Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• The Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
• University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

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Abstract:

The goal of this project is to evaluate the utility of adding a variable to the TBI Model Systems National Dataset that would identify the geographic location of a persons residence at follow-up. With this identifier, researchers could access a wide array of information about the environment and tie it to Model Systems data about outcome. In this way, we can begin to better understand the complex person-environment interaction which influences long-term outcome