TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Young athletes' concerns about sport-related concussion: the patient's perspective
JO  - Clinical journal of sport medicine
A1  - Stein, Cynthia J.
A1  - MacDougall, Robert
A1  - Quatman-Yates, Catherine C.
A1  - Myer, Gregory D.
A1  - Sugimoto, Dai
A1  - Dennison, Roberta J.
A1  - Meehan, William P.
SP  - 386
EP  - 390
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Few studies have examined the experience and concerns of the concussed athlete. The purpose of this study was to identify the most pressing concerns of athletes with concussion. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey of athletes who presented for evaluation of a new sport-related concussion during an 8-month period. SETTING: Tertiary-level sports medicine division of a large academic pediatric medical center. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred twenty one patients (67 male, 54 female) aged 8 to 18 years who had sustained a sport-related concussion participated in the study by responding to "What is the worst thing for you about having a concussion?" on the study questionnaire. Questionnaires were completed in the clinic waiting room before the visit with a provider. INTERVENTION: Inductive content analysis was used to identify themes in the responses to the study question. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age, sex, sport played at the time of the current injury, history of previous concussion, known contacts with concussion, and subjective report of worst aspect of concussion. <br><br>RESULTS: Seventy respondents (57.9%) cited symptoms, and 68 (56.2%) reported loss of activity as the worst part of concussion, including 17 (14.0%) who listed both symptoms and loss of activity. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Over half of concussed athletes indicate that the most distressing part of the injury is loss of activities, which may result from symptoms of the injury itself and/or the prescribed treatment. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Health care providers should not underestimate the degree to which symptoms and loss of activities affect young athletes' general well-being. In addition to the negative impact of concussion symptoms, there is an obvious cost of physical, cognitive, and social activity restrictions for patients recovering from sport-related concussions that should be explicitly addressed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1050-642X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000268
ID  - ref1
ER  -