Table 2 Prevalence of preinjury psychiatric disorder in patients with mild traumatic brain injury and trauma controls admitted following trauma
Population prevalence (%)nmTBI (n (%))nControls (n (%))p Value*
Affective disorders
    Major depression16.67719 (24.7)8315 (18.1)0.308
    Dysthymia2.5771 (1.3)831 (1.2)1.000‡
Any affective disorder†7720 (26.0)8316 (19.3)0.311
Anxiety disorder
    Panic disorder4.77711 (14.3)834 (4.8)0.056‡
    PDLS attacks773 (3.9)834 (4.8)1.000‡
    Agoraphobia1.4769 (11.8)839 (10.8)0.843
    Social phobia12.1769 (11.8)836 (7.2)0.320
    OCD1.6757 (9.3)837 (8.4)0.842
    PTSD6.87617 (22.4)8312 (14.5)0.197
    GAD5.7779 (11.8)8312 (14.5)0.627
Any anxiety disorder†7732 (41.6)8329 (34.9)0.389
At least one disorder†7735 (45.5)8333 (39.8)0.467
Substance use disorders
    Alcohol abuse13.27616 (21.1)8321 (25.3)0.527
    Alcohol dependence5.47610 (13.2)8312 (14.5)0.813
    Marijuana abuse4.07611 (14.5)8312 (14.5)0.998
    Marijuana dependence4.0768 (10.5)839 (10.8)0.948
Any substance use disorder†7620 (26.3)8324 (28.9)0.714
  • Disorder, Affective, Anxiety and Substance use disorders were diagnosed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

  • Panic disorder includes those with/without agoraphobia,

  • Agoraphobia is agoraphobia without panic disorder.

  • At least one diagnosis denotes the number of individuals who meet criteria for at least one preinjury affective or anxiety disorder.

  • Any substance use disorder denotes at least one preinjury substance disorder.

  • *χ2 analyses.

  • †Individual MINI diagnoses were grouped to form each category.

  • ‡Fisher’s exact test.

  • GAD, general anxiety disorder; mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder; PDLS, panic disorder limited symptom; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.