Table 6.
Depressive illness following traumatic brain injury.
| Source | Reported incidence of depression in a post-TBI population |
|---|---|
| Brooks et al. (372) | 51% N = 42 |
| Varney et al. (373) | 77% N = 120 |
| Schoenhuber and Gentilini (374) | 39% N = 35 |
| Alexander (375) | 25% N = 36 |
| Ettlin et al. (376) | 42% N = 26 |
| Jorge et al. (103) | 42% N = 66 |
| Fann et al. (377) | 26% N = 50 |
| Parker and Rosenblum (378) | 36% N = 33 |
| Hibbard (124) | 61% N = 100 |
| Sliwinski et al. (146) | 25% N = 100 |
| Salazar et al. (379) | 34% N = 120 |
| Kreutzer et al. (380) | 42% N = 722 |
| Silver et al. (237) | 11% N = 361 |
| Koponen et al. (266) | 26.7% N = 60 |
| Jorge and Robinson (381) | 51.6% N = 91 |
| Seel and Kreutzer (120) | 38% (Beck Depression Index), 30% NFI Depression Scale, N = 172 |
| Seel et al. (382) | 27% N = 666 |
| Rapoport et al. (383) | 15.3% N = 170 |
| Ashman et al. (384) | 18.6% N = 188 |
| Dikmen et al. (385) | 31% at 1 month, 17% 3 to 5 years, N = 283 |
| O’Donnell et al. (386) | 10% N = 363 |
| Rapoport et al. (387) | 15.3% N = 74 |
| Fann et al. (132) | 22.5% N = 135 |
| Rowland et al. (152) | 25% N = 51 |
| deGuise et al. (123) | 52% N = 46 |
| Homaifar et al. (98) | 26.7%, 30 years post-injury, N = 52 |
| Bombardier et al. (122) | 53.1% N = 559 |
| Wilk et al. (126) | 15% N = 3952 |