Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the personal or clinical characters of those traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who accept rehabilitative therapy in the past decade.Methods280 inpatients were observed and evaluated at admission. Database was then established. ResultsThe average age was (33.1±11.4), and the ratio of male to female was 4.28:1. 34.6% of them were office-bearer, and 71.1% of all could gain the socialized medicine. Of the cause, 66.4% were traffic accidents. The time between date of onset and date of admission ranged from 10 days to 6 years, with average 288 days, and only 25.0% patients was admitted less than 3 months after onset. Of them all, 15.7% were diagnosed as posttraumatic seizure and 18.9% as dropsy of brain.ConclusionThe main TBI patients in our hospital were male citizens who had socialized medicine. Too less patients can accept rehabilitative therapy during acute or subacute periods after onset.

Key words: traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, epidemiology