TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Assessing the clinical utility of the question, "Is your child/are you back to normal?" in pediatric concussion symptom resolution
JO  - Clinical pediatrics
A1  - Vollmer, Brandi L.
A1  - Kirkwood, Michael W.
A1  - Comstock, R. Dawn
A1  - Currie, Dustin
A1  - Grubenhoff, Joseph A.
SP  - 146
EP  - 151
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
N2  - This study investigates the relationship between the general question, "Is your child/are you back to normal?" 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, "My child is/I am back to normal" 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 "My child is/I am back to normal" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-9228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922817693300
ID  - ref1
ER  -