TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Average symptom severity and related predictors of prolonged recovery in pediatric patients with concussion
JO  - Applied neuropsychology. Child
A1  - Kowalczyk, Claire L.
A1  - Eagle, Shawn R.
A1  - Holland, Cyndi L.
A1  - Collins, Michael W.
A1  - Kontos, Anthony P.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The purpose of this study is to compare the predictive utility of total number of individual symptoms endorsed, total symptom severity, and average symptom severity on prolonged recovery among children/adolescents with a concussion. Patients (n = 115) completed the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) at their initial clinical visit (7.9 ± 6.6 days) days post-injury. PCSS outcomes were total symptom severity (i.e., total PCSS score), number of symptoms endorsed (i.e., number out of 22-items on the PCSS with a symptom score >0) and average symptom severity (i.e., mean of scores for each of the 22-items on the PCSS, not just endorsed symptoms). Logistic regression was performed with all symptom measures and recovery time >30 days as the binary outcome. Logistic regression indicated that average symptom severity (OR = 1.9; p = 0.01) and later time to first clinical visit (OR = 5.0; p < 0.001) were the only significant predictors of recovery time. Average symptom severity at initial clinic visit and earlier clinical visit may be a better predictor of recovery time than total number of symptoms endorsed or total symptom severity among children and adolescents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2162-2965
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2020.1774376
ID  - ref1
ER  -