Academic Dysfunction After a Concussion Among US High School and College Students

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ID11039239
AutoresErin B Wasserman (0000-0001-5957-5878, At the time of this study, the authors were with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.), Jeffrey J Bazarian (0000-0001-7100-3805, At the time of this study, the authors were with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.), Mark Mapstone (0000-0003-0280-8057, At the time of this study, the authors were with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.), Robert Block (0000-0002-4525-7585, At the time of this study, the authors were with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.), Edwin van Wijngaarden (0000-0001-7583-4630, At the time of this study, the authors were with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.)
Ano2016
Volume106
Fascículo7
Páginas1247-1253
Data de publicação2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303154
PMID27196651
OpenAlexW2396817457
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas41

Objectives. To determine whether concussed students experience greater academic dysfunction than students who sustain other injuries. Methods. We conducted a prospective cohort study from September 2013 through January 2015 involving high school and college students who visited 3 emergency departments in the Rochester, New York, area. Using telephone surveys, we compared self-reported academic dysfunction between 70 students with concussions and a comparison group of 108 students with extremity injuries at 1 week and 1 month after injury. Results. At 1 week after injury, academic dysfunction scores were approximately 16 points higher (b = 16.20; 95% confidence interval = 6.39, 26.00) on a 174-point scale in the concussed group than in the extremity injury group. Although there were no differences overall at 1-month after injury, female students in the concussion group and those with a history of 2 or more prior concussions were more likely to report academic dysfunction. Conclusions. Our results showed academic dysfunction among concussed students, especially female students and those with multiple prior concussions, 1 week after their injury. Such effects appeared to largely resolve after 1 month. Our findings support the need for academic adjustments for concussed students

Concussion · Confidence interval · Emergency department · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Physical therapy · Poison control · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Burn Injury Management and Outcomes · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Traumatic Brain Injury Research