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Abstract
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Question
Among adolescents and young adults with concussion, what is the clinical efficacy of unrestricted screen time, compared with screen-time abstinence, as measured by the Post-Concussive Symptom Scale (PCSS)?
Design
Single-center parallel-design randomized clinical trial.
Setting
University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester.
Participants
Children 12-25 years old, presenting to the ED within 24 hours of a head injury.
Intervention
Screen time permitted vs abstinence for 48 hours after injury.
Outcomes
Days to resolution of symptoms (resolution = PCSS score ≤ 3).
Main Results
Median recovery time and screen-time minutes were longer in the screen-time permitted group compared with the abstinence group: 8.0 days and 630 minutes compared with 3.5 days and 130 minutes, P = .03 for recovery time, non-overlapping interquartile ranges for screen-time minutes, respectively.
Conclusions
Screen–time abstinence improves concussion recovery time.
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