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Citation

Crichton A, Oakley E, Babl FE, Greenham M, Hearps S, Delzoppo C, Beauchamp MH, Hutchison JS, Guerguerian AM, Boutis K, Anderson V. J. Int. Neuropsychol. Soc. 2018; 24(3): 224-236.

Affiliation

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute,Melbourne,Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1355617717000893

PMID

28974281

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Fatigue is a common and persisting symptom after childhood brain injury. This study examined whether child characteristics and symptomatology preinjury or 6 months postinjury (pain, sleep, and mood, inattention) predicted fatigue at 12months postinjury.

METHODS: Parents of 79 children (0-18 years) rated fatigue at 12 months after injury on a multidimensional scale (general, sleep/rest, and cognitive). Demographic and clinical data were collected at injury. Parents rated child sleep, pain, physical/motor function, mood, and inattention at injury (preinjury description), and 6 months postinjury. Children were divided into two traumatic brain injury severity groups: mild TBI (n=57) and moderate/severe TBI (n=27). Hierarchical regression models were used to examine (i) preinjury factors and (ii) symptoms 6 months postinjury predictive of fatigue (general, sleep/rest, and cognitive) at 12 months postinjury.

RESULTS: Sleep/rest fatigue was predicted by preinjury fatigue (7% of variance) and psychological symptoms preinjury (10% of variance). General fatigue was predicted by physical/motor symptoms (27%), sleep (10%) and mood symptoms (9%) 6 months postinjury. Sleep/rest fatigue was predicted by physical/motor symptoms (10%), sleep symptoms (13%) and mood symptoms (9%) 6 months postinjury. Cognitive fatigue was predicted by physical/motor symptoms (17%) 6 months postinjury.

CONCLUSIONS: Preinjury fatigue and psychological functioning identified those at greatest risk of fatigue 12 months post-TBI. Predictors of specific fatigue domains at 12 months differed across each of the domains, although consistently included physical/motor function as well as sleep and mood symptoms postinjury. (JINS, 2017, 23, 1-13).


Language: en

Keywords

Adolescent; Brain concussion; Children; Longitudinal studies; Mental fatigue; Muscle fatigue; Regression models

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