@article{ref1,
title="Association between sleep quality and recovery following sport-related concussion in pediatrics",
journal="Journal of child neurology",
year="2019",
author="Chung, Jane S. and Zynda, Aaron J. and Didehbani, Nyaz and Hicks, Cason and Hynan, Linda S. and Miller, Shane M. and Bell, Kathleen R. and Cullum, C. Munro",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="883073819849741-883073819849741",
abstract="Our objective was to determine the association between sleep quality, symptom severity, and recovery following sport-related concussion in pediatric athletes. A review of data from the North Texas Concussion Network Prospective Registry (ConTex) was performed. Participants were diagnosed with a sport-related concussion and were ≤18 years old. Participants were categorized based on their initial clinic visit Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index composite score (0-21) into good sleep quality (GS≤5) and poor sleep quality (PS>5) groups. The PS group reported higher median total symptom scores at 3-month follow-up (3.0 vs 0.0, P <.01) and took more than a median of 2 weeks longer to recover compared to the GS group (35.0 days vs 20.0 days, P <.01). Poor sleep quality was strongly associated with greater symptom severity and longer time to recovery following sport-related concussion. Early recognition of concussed athletes with poor sleep quality at initial clinic visit may help predict prolonged recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-0738",
doi="10.1177/0883073819849741",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0883073819849741"
}