Epidemiology of postconcussion syndrome in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Barlow, Karen Maria ^a,b,c   Crawford, Susan ^c   Stevenson, Andrea ^a   Sandhu, Sandeep Sona ^a,b   Belanger, François ^a,c   Dewey, Deborah ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral concussion; Children; Epidemiology; Mild traumatic brain injury; Outcome; Postconcussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY ASSESSMENT DEVICE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POST CONCUSSION SYMPTOM INVENTORY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIVERMEAD POSTCONCUSSION SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955505928     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0925     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Goldstein FC, Levin HS. Epidemiology of pediatric closed head injury: incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors. J Learn Disabil. 1987;20(9):518-525
2. Guerrero JL, Thurman DJ, Sniezek JE. Emergency department visits associated with traumatic brain injury: United States, 1995-1996. Brain Inj. 2000;14(2):181-186
3. Thornhill S, Teasdale GM, Murray GD, Mc- Ewen J, Roy CW, Penny KI. Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2000; 320(7250):1631-1635 (Pubitemid 30364632)
4. Langlois JA, Rutland-Brown W, Thomas KE. Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2006. Available at: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ pub-res/TBI-in-US-04/TBI-ED.htm. Accessed June 15, 2010
5. Iverson GL. Outcome from mild traumatic brain injury. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2005; 18(3):301-317 (Pubitemid 40586114)
6. Kibby MY, Long CJ. Minor head injury: attempts at clarifying the confusion. Brain Inj. 1996;10(3):159-186 (Pubitemid 26120327)
7. Bernstein DM. Recovery from mild head injury. Brain Inj. 1999;13(3):151-172
8. Boake C, McCauley SR, Levin HS, et al. Diagnostic criteria for postconcussional syndrome after mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005;17(3):350-356 (Pubitemid 46179298)
9. Burton LJ, Quinn B, Pratt-Cheney JL, Pourani M. Headache etiology in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1997;13(1):1-4 (Pubitemid 27098255)
10. Yeates KO, Luria J, Bartkowski H, Rusin J, Martin L, Bigler ED. Postconcussive symptoms in children with mild closed head injuries. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1999;14(4): 337-350
11. Mickeviciene D, Schrader H, Obelieniene D, et al. A controlled prospective inception cohort study on the post-concussion syndrome outside the medicolegal context. Eur J Neurol. 2004;11(6):411-419 (Pubitemid 39272946)
12. Nacajauskaite O, Endziniene M, Jureniene K, Schrader H. The validity of post-concussion syndrome in children: a controlled historical cohort study. Brain Dev. 2006;28(8): 507-514 (Pubitemid 44051822)
13. Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Holm L, Kraus J, Coronado VG; WHO Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Methodological issues and research recommendations for mild traumatic brain injury: the WHO Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Rehabil Med. 2004;(43 suppl):113-125
14. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee of the Head Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Definition of mild traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1993;8:86-87
15. Asarnow RF, Satz P, Light R, Zaucha K, Lweis R, McCleary C. The UCLA study of mild closed head injury in children and adolescents. In: Broman S, Michel ME, eds. Traumatic Head Injury in Children. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1995:117-146
16. Dahl E, von Wendt L, Emanuelson I. A prospective, population-based, follow-up study of mild traumatic brain injury in children. Injury. 2006;37(5):402-409 (Pubitemid 46137876)
17. Emanuelson I, Andersson Holmkvist E, Bjorklund R, Stalhammar D. Quality of life and post-concussion symptoms in adults after mild traumatic brain injury: a population-based study in western Sweden. Acta Neurol Scand. 2003;108(5): 332-338 (Pubitemid 37357637)
18. Glass KL, Natale MJ, Janusz GA, Gioia GA, Anderson S. Initial development of a parent report of post concussion symptoms in children and adolescents. Paper presented at: the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society; February 2-5, 2005; St Louis, MO
19. Eyres S, Carey A, Gilworth G, Neumann V, Tennant A. Construct validity and reliability of the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire. Clin Rehabil. 2005; 19(8):878-887 (Pubitemid 41741648)
20. Byles J, Byrne C, Boyle MH, Offord DR. Ontario Child Health Study: reliability and validity of the general functioning subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device. Fam Process. 1988;27(1):97-104
21. Derogatis LR, Melisaratos N. The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report. Psychol Med. 1983;13(3):595-605 (Pubitemid 13019024)
22. Newcombe RG. Confidence intervals for an effect size measure based on the Mann- Whitney statistic, part 1: general issues and tail-area-based methods. Stat Med. 2006; 24(4):547-557
23. Ewing-Cobbs L, Levin HS, Fletcher JM, Miner ME, Eisenberg HM. The Children's Orientation and Amnesia Test: relationship to severity of acute head injury and to recovery of memory. Neurosurgery. 1990;27(5): 683-691 (Pubitemid 20339219)
24. Ponsford J, Willmott C, Rothwell A, et al. Factors influencing outcome following mild traumatic brain injury in adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2000;6(5):568-579 (Pubitemid 30601593)
25. Yeates KO, Taylor G, Bangert B, et al. Post-concussive symptoms in pediatric mild head injury cannot be accounted for entirely by non-injury factors. Paper presented at: the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society; February 2-5, 2005; St Louis, MO
26. Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Rusin J, et al. Longitudinal trajectories of postconcussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injuries and their relationship to acute clinical status. Pediatrics. 2009;123(3):735-743
27. Ponsford J, Willmott C, Rothwell A, et al. Cognitive and behavioral outcome following mild traumatic brain injury in children. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1999;14(4): 360-372 (Pubitemid 29372861)
28. Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Holm L, Kraus J, Coronado VG. Methodological issues and research recommendations for mild traumatic brain injury: the WHO Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Rehabil Med. 2004;(43 suppl): 113-125 (Pubitemid 38291990)
29. von Wild K, Terwey S. Diagnostic confusion in mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI): lessons from clinical practice and EFNS - inquiry. European Federation of Neurological Societies. Brain Inj. 2001;15(3):273-277
30. Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Schwartz ME, Charatz HJ, Ashman TA, Abramowitz S. Child and parent responses to a brain injury screening questionnaire. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004;85(4 suppl 2):S54-S60 (Pubitemid 38857935)
31. Iverson GL. Misdiagnosis of the persistent postconcussion syndrome in patients with depression. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2006; 21(4):303-310
32. Ganesalingam K, Yeates KO, Ginn MS, et al. Family burden and parental distress following mild traumatic brain injury in children and its relationship to post-concussive symptoms. J Pediatr Psychol. 2008;33(6): 621-629 (Pubitemid 351786602)
33. Mateer CA. Systems of care for postconcussive syndrome. In: Horn L, Zasler N, eds. Rehabilitation of Post-Concussive Disorders: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - State of the Art Reviews. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley and Belfus; 1992:143-160
34. Ponsford J, Willmott C, Rothwell A, et al. Impact of early intervention on outcome after mild traumatic brain injury in children. Pediatrics. 2001;108(6):1297-1303 (Pubitemid 33121471)
35. Wade D, King NS, Wenden FJ, Crawford S, Caldwell FE. Routine follow up after head injury: a second randomised controlled trial. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998; 65(2):177-183 (Pubitemid 28371926)
36. Kelly JP, Rosenberg JH. The diagnosis and management of concussion in sports. Neurology. 1997;48(3):575-580