TY - JOUR
PY - 2021//
TI - Reporting of concussion symptoms by a nationwide survey of United States parents of middle school children
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1 - Kerr, Zachary Y.
A1 - Ingram, Brittany M.
A1 - Callahan, Christine E.
A1 - Nedimyer, Aliza K.
A1 - Chandran, Avinash
A1 - Kossman, Melissa K.
A1 - Hoang, Julia
A1 - Gildner, Paula
A1 - Register-Mihalik, Johna K.
SP - e12070
EP - e12070
VL - 18
IS - 22
N2 - This cross-sectional study assessed concussion symptom knowledge of parents of middle school (MS) children (aged 10-15 years) through a free-response item that solicited concussion symptoms and compared findings to a pre-validated scale-based measure. A self-administered online questionnaire was sent to a panel of randomly selected United States residents who were recruited by a third-party company, aged ≥ 18 years, and identified as parents of MS children. Via a free-response item, parents listed what they believed were concussion symptoms. Multiple sections later, parents identified potential concussion symptoms via a scale measure, which featured 25 items (22 actual symptoms, three distractor symptoms) with three response options: yes, no, maybe. Free-response item responses were coded into specific symptoms. The 1062 eligible parents that provided complete data commonly identified the symptoms of dizziness (90.2%), blurred vision (87.4%), and balance problems (86.4%) on the scale-based measure. However, these and other symptoms were less commonly identified via the free-response item (dizziness: 44.4%; blurred vision: 16.5%; balance problems: 3.5%). Concussion symptoms commonly reported via the scale-based measure were reported less frequently within the free-response item. Future research must explore strategies to help clinicians working with parents and their children to measure and assess concussion symptom reporting and knowledge. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 1661-7827
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212070
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