Late-Life Consequences of TBI and Military Service: A Population-Based Study

Abstract

The goal of this interdisciplinary project is to comprehensively examine the chronic health consequences of TBI and military service by leveraging extensive existing data resources from a well-defined large-scale population-based longitudinal cohort study of veterans and civilians, the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study. In preparation for this proposal, we implemented an expanded TBI and military service questionnaire to characterize lifetime history of TBI and other head trauma exposures, duration and branch(es) of military service, rank, and combat exposure. We have not been able to use these new data on military service or TBI history in any prior analyses. ACT is a phenomenal resource for studying the associations of military service and TBI on a wide array of health outcomes. Our proposal addresses the overarching hypothesis that TBI and military service have independent and joint effects on AD/ADRD, late-life cognition, medical health, functional independence, and mood.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1070342

Entities

People

  • Eric Larson
  • John Crary
  • Kirk Keene
  • Kristen Dams-oconnor
  • Melinda Power

Organizations

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brain Injuries
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Dementia
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Head Injuries
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Parkinson'S Disease
  • Professional Development
  • Questionnaires
  • Standards

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.