Citation

Bates A, Matthews S, Simpson GK, Bates L. J. Soc. Work Disabil. Rehabil. 2016; 15(3-4): 305-331.

Affiliation

d School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith Criminology Institute , Griffith University , Brisbane , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1536710X.2016.1220886

PMID

27633816

Abstract

This scoping review investigated risk factors, impacts, outcomes, and service implications of violence-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) for individuals and their informal caregivers. A systematic search (Web of Science, PubMed, PsycInfo, ProQuest, Medline, Informit; 1990-2015) identified 17 studies meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Violence was the cause of between 3% and 26% of all TBIs. Males, a non-White racial background, preinjury unemployment, and preinjury substance abuse problems all elevated the risk for sustaining a violence-related TBI compared to other-cause TBI. However, few differences were observed in 12 months postinjury outcomes. No studies investigated the impact of violence-related TBI on informal caregivers.

Language: en