Symptom Burden and Profiles in Concussed Children with and without Prolonged Recovery

Samantha Schilling, Adam Mansour, Lindsay Sullivan, Kele Ding, Thomas Pommering and Jingzhen Yang
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Samantha Schilling: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Adam Mansour: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Lindsay Sullivan: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Kele Ding: Department of Health Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, USA
Thomas Pommering: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Jingzhen Yang: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Although symptom burden and symptom profile severity are independent predictors of post-concussion symptom duration, few studies have examined their effects on prolonged recovery simultaneously. This study examined differences in symptom burden and symptom profile scores between concussed children with prolonged recovery and those with typical recovery. We conducted a retrospective case-control study of concussed children aged 10–18 years. Prolonged recovery was defined as symptom duration beyond 28 days post-injury. Symptom burden was measured as total symptom score (TSS) at injury. Symptom profiles included: (1) vestibular, (2) ocular, (3) cognitive/fatigue, (4) migraine, and (5) anxiety. A total of 4380 unique concussions sustained by 3777 patients were included; 80.3% white, 60.0% male, and 44.0% aged 13–15 years. The prolonged recovery group had a significantly higher TSS and greater number of symptoms than the typical recovery group ( p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). The prolonged recovery group had significantly higher scores on all five symptom profiles, including vestibular ( p < 0.001), ocular ( p < 0.001), cognitive/fatigue ( p < 0.001), migraine ( p < 0.001) and anxiety ( p < 0.001), than the typical recovery group, even after adjusting for number of symptoms and other covariates. Further studies using prospective cohort designs are needed to better understand the influence of symptom burden and profiles on pediatric concussion recovery.

Keywords: concussion; pediatric; recovery; retrospective case-control study; symptom burden; symptom profile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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