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BRAIN INJURY
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 375-382Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2034178
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Mild traumatic brain injury; depression; anxiety; psychosocial; concussion
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This study examined the association between psychosocial variables and concussion symptom severity in a clinic-referred sample of youth. Results showed a strong correlation between youth-reported depression and concussion symptom severity, and significant correlations between parent-reported depression, academic stress, and quality of life with concussion symptom severity.
Objective Guidelines recommend examining psychosocial variables as contributors to postconcussive symptoms. However, few studies examined this relation in a clinic-referred sample and fewer accounted for parent perspective, limiting practitioners implementation of this guidance. Therefore, this longitudinal study examined youth and parent-reported psychosocial variables and their association with concussion symptom severity in a clinic-referred sample of youth receiving treatment for concussion. Methods Youth (n = 121; mean age = 15.3 years) with a recent concussion and their parents completed measures assessing youth depression, anxiety, academic stress, quality of life and concussion symptom severity at the initial treatment appointment and again approximately three-months later or at discharge, whichever came first. Results Differences were observed in psychosocial functioning across parent and youth report. Youth-reported depression was strongly associated with concussion symptom severity whereas parent-reported depression, academic stress, and quality of life were significantly related to concussion symptom severity. Exploratory findings of the relation between psychosocial variables at initial evaluation and concussion symptom severity at follow-up are offered. Conclusion Results offer guidance on the underlying psychosocial variables that may be useful to consider when developing interventions for youth recovering from concussion, especially those with a prolonged recovery.
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