Partner-inflicted brain injury may cognitively age survivors by over a decade
McFarland, C. W.; Valera, E. M.
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More than a third of women in the United States are estimated to experience abuse from an intimate partner, in which blows to the head, strangulation, and therefore brain injuries are common. Among 207 survivors of such physical violence, two-thirds reported a partner-inflicted brain injury. These women performed substantially worse than the general population across most cognitive measures, including memory and reaction time. Cognitive performance declined as injury count increased. Translated into cognitive age, survivors with the most partner-inflicted brain injuries performed over two decades older than the general population, and a decade older than survivors with no history of brain injury. Importantly, the cognitive assessment discards scores it judges unreliable, yet these came primarily from the most impaired women, suggesting that the true harm is likely greater than reported here. Such cognitive deficits may limit these women's capacity to live to their potential, including keeping safe from abuse. These findings underscore partner-inflicted brain injury as a major, under-recognized source of cognitive harm, potentially affecting more women than brain injury in professional football or the military while lacking comparable clinical recognition and care.
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