@article{ref1,
title="Risk of impaired school performance in children hospitalized with concussion: a population-based matched cohort study",
journal="Concussion",
year="2023",
author="Lystad, Reidar P. and McMaugh, Anne and Herkes, Geoffrey and Browne, Gary and Badgery-Parker, Tim and Cameron, Cate M. and Mitchell, Rebecca J.",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="CNC105-CNC105",
abstract="AIM: To examine the impact of concussion on objective measures of school performance. MATERIALS & METHODS: Population-based matched cohort study using linked health and education records of young people aged ≤18 years hospitalized with concussion in New South Wales, Australia, during 2005-2018, and matched comparisons not hospitalized with any injury. <br><br>RESULTS: Young people with concussion had higher risk of not achieving the national minimum standards for literacy and numeracy assessments, ranging from 30% for numeracy to 43% for spelling, and not completing high school, ranging from 29% for year 10 to 77% for year 12, compared with matched peers. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Young people hospitalized with concussion have impaired school performance compared with uninjured matched peers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-3299",
doi="10.2217/cnc-2022-0012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0012"
}