Factors Related to the Deterioration of Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

This study was retrospective, documentary research. The objective was to study the personal factors and health factors of the deterioration of patients with mild traumatic brain injury Samples were medical record of patients diagnosed mild traumatic brain injury. And there were deterioration 28 patients who were admitted to neurosurgery department II, Ratchaburi hospital between January 1, 2019 and December 31,2021. The instrument used to collect information includes data collection form of deterioration of patients with mild traumatic brain injury. The content validity index was 0.99 and inter-rater reliability was 0.80 The general data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis between variables using inferential statistics.
The result found that the personal factors such as gender, was associated with systolic blood pressure (Ø = -.452) and pulse pressure (Ø = -.552), as well as drunken condition was associated with systolic blood pressure (Ø = -.486). Health factors include post-traumatic of intracerebral hemorrhage in a type of Subdural hemorrhage was associated with pulse rate (Ø = -.469), traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage was associated with systolic blood pressure (Ø = .452) and cerebral contusion was associated with Diastolic blood pressure (Ø = -.430) at a statistically significant (p<.05).
This research showed that the relevant health care team must define the planning to develop guidelines to care for them, especially, the Computerized thermographic scan for investigation and primary treatment to reduce complications and life-saving.