Traumatic brain injury: the research continues with higher data quality evolving!

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant medical and socioeconomic challenge of our times. The age-adjusted incidence across all TBI severities from population-based studies 2015–2020 ranged between 476/100,000 in South Korea to 787/100,000 in the US with temporal trends and variations still confounded by methodological diversity including inconsistent definitions, variations in data capture and interpretation [1]. To further promote and advance the uniform process for the capture and reporting of TBI epidemiology and clinical pathways, a TBI-specific data module, harmonized with other existing multi-/international instruments, was created and technically attached to the German TR-DGU database. In this focus issue of the EJTES, Younsi and colleagues report the different steps of development but also highlight the various challenges that had to be overcome along the winding road of implementation [2]. After several dry runs, the results from the pilot study are presented and put in a broader context. …