Discussion Board 22

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February 23, 2023

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The project topic title is identifying mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) post-concussive event. The project aims to increase the identification of mTBI after a concussive event because, currently, most mTBIs are unrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.² Literature search allows the finding of the best available evidence addressing the project topic, including the problem and recommended interventions or approaches to addressing the research problem. Regarding the search strategy, the project topic is already identified, and the remaining steps in the search strategy include developing search terms, search fields, phrases, wildcard and proximity operators, and search limits. The search process will involve searching with keywords and exact phrases, adopting truncated and wildcard searches, and searching with subject headings and citations. The search strategy includes searching CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases for scientific evidence. These databases provide a wide variety of abstracts and full articles that are scholarly and peer-reviewed. The search will include search terms such as mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, mTBI symptoms and signs, post-concussive events, post-concussion symptoms, mTBI diagnosis, etiology, prevalence, and treatment.

Filters were adopted for the literature search to enhance the identification of high-quality studies on the project topic, reducing the total number of records and increasing the likelihood of finding the appropriate records. Methodological search filters, including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, diagnostic studies, and observational studies, will help ease the search process. The search also adopts MeSH terms for the various databases, including brain concussion or post-concussion syndrome, concuss*, and mild traumatic brain injury, mTBI or post#concuss*. The search process has identified multiple articles related to the project topic. However, few articles directly address the problem and are perceived as the best evidence.^1,2,3 The search will continue to look for evidence for analysis and synthesis to find the best available evidence. (Discussion Board 22)

References

Liu Y, Lu L, Li F, Chen YC. Neuropathological Mechanisms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Perspective From Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front Neurosci. 2022;16:923662. Published 2022 June 17. doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.923662 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.923662/full
Polinder S, Cnossen MC, Real RGL, et al. A Multidimensional Approach to Post-concussion Symptoms in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Neurol. 2018;9:1113. Published 2018 December 19. doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.01113 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30619066/
Prince C, Bruhns ME. Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Neuropsychology. Brain Sci. 2017;7(8):105. Published 2017 August 17. doi:10.3390/brainsci7080105 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28817065/