@article{ref1,
title="Assessing the clinical utility of the question, "Is your child/are you back to normal?" in pediatric concussion symptom resolution",
journal="Clinical pediatrics",
year="2018",
author="Vollmer, Brandi L. and Kirkwood, Michael W. and Comstock, R. Dawn and Currie, Dustin and Grubenhoff, Joseph A.",
volume="57",
number="2",
pages="146-151",
abstract="This study investigates the relationship between the general question, &quot;Is your child/are you back to normal?&quot; and a validated postconcussive symptom scale when assessing symptom resolution following concussion. Children with acute concussion were enrolled during an emergency department visit. Sensitivity and specificity analyses compared the true/false question, &quot;My child is/I am back to normal&quot; at 3 days postinjury with the Concussion Symptom Inventory (CSI; gold standard). A total of 201 participants were enrolled in the study with complete data. The true/false questions of &quot;My child is/I am back to normal&quot; had sensitivities of 78.4% and 59.3% and specificities of 75.0% and 86.4% for caregiver and child responses, respectively, when compared with their corresponding CSI. This study demonstrates that asking a parent or child if the child is back to normal has poor sensitivity and modest specificity in determining if a child's symptoms have resolved within 3 days of sustaining a concussion relative to a standardized symptom scale.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-9228",
doi="10.1177/0009922817693300",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922817693300"
}