Functional outcome, dependency and well-being after traumatic brain injury in the elderly population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

In conclusion, elderly patients have a significant risk for functional decline, dependency, nursing home admission and low quality of life following TBI. Moreover, more severe injuries lead to worse outcomes. These findings are important to provide accurate patient and family counseling, set realistic treatment targets and aim at relevant outcome variables in prognostic models for TBI in elderly patients.