Premorbid prevalence of poor academic performance in severe head injury.
Open Access
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 50 (1), 52-56
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.50.1.52
Abstract
A study of 80 head injured patients revealed poor premorbid academic performance in up to 50% of the sample. Poor academic performance, as defined by diagnosis of learning disability, multiple failed academic subjects, or school dropout during secondary education, is not a previously cited risk factor for head injury. These findings have important implications in the identification of a high risk population and in the subsequent ability to reduce the incidence of head injury.Keywords
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