Citation

Didehbani N, Munro Cullum C, Mansinghani S, Conover H, Hart J. Arch. Clin. Neuropsychol. 2013; 28(5): 418-424.

Affiliation

Center for BrainHealth®, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA. nyaz.didehbani@utdallas.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1093/arclin/act028

PMID

23644673

PMCID

PMC4007104

Abstract

We examined the relationship between a remote history of concussions with current symptoms of depression in retired professional athletes. Thirty retired National Football League (NFL) athletes with a history of concussion and 29 age- and IQ-matched controls without a history of concussion were recruited. We found a significant correlation between the number of lifetime concussions and depressive symptom severity using the Beck Depression Inventory II. Upon investigating a three-factor model of depressive symptoms (affective, cognitive, and somatic; Buckley et al., 2001) from the BDI-II, the cognitive factor was the only factor that was significantly related to concussions. In general, NFL players endorsed more symptoms of depression on all three Buckley factors compared with matched controls.

FINDINGS suggest that the number of self-reported concussions may be related to later depressive symptomology (particularly cognitive symptoms of depression).

KW: American Football.

Language: en