Head and traumatic brain injury in England: a cohort study

Epidemiology of head injury and traumatic brain injury in England: a cohort study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN17705590

Enrollment

1400000

Registered

2022-11-10

Start date

2018-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-12-19

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Conditions

Determine population incidence of head injury and traumatic brain injury, and identify associated factors. Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

This study will utilise data from four linked data sets

ECDS, DIDS, APC-HES and ONS-mortality. A head injury cohort will be defined using ECDS chief complaint and diagnosis SNOMED CT values, and DIDS radiology values. Outcomes of traumatic brain injury, i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study period is 01/11/2018 to 29/02/2020 and the population of interest includes all patients that attended an ED in England in 2019

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Since this is a study aiming to identify the national population incidence of head injury, the national rate of ED attendance for head injury, and the association (if any) of possible predictors with TBI including age, sex, ethnicity and socio-economic group, all ED attendances in England will be the baseline population, and consequently there are no exclusion criteria within the study period.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of head injury attendance to Emergency Departments amongst the population of England measured using data from four linked data sets; ECDS, DIDS, APC-HES and ONS-mortality	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured using data from four linked data sets; ECDS, DIDS, APC-HES and ONS-mortality: 1. Population incidence of TBI amongst the population of England 2. Incidence of head injury amongst the population of people that attend EDs in England 3. Incidence of types of TBI by anatomical classification 4. Incidence of surgery for TBI 5. Rate of death due to TBI 6. The association (if any) with TBI of independent variables including age, sex, ethnicity and index of multiple deprivation	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured using data from four linked data sets; ECDS, DIDS, APC-HES and ONS-mortality: 1. Population incidence of TBI amongst the population of England 2. Incidence of head injury amongst the population of people that attend EDs in England 3. Incidence of types of TBI by anatomical classification 4. Incidence of surgery for TBI 5. Rate of death due to TBI 6. The association (if any) with TBI of independent variables including age, sex, ethnicity and index of multiple deprivation

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactImogen Skene

i.skene@nhs.net+44 203540045

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026