Risk of impaired school performance in children hospitalized with concussion: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine the impact of concussion on objective measures of school performance.

Materials & methods

Population-based matched cohort study using linked health and education records of young people aged ≤18 years hospitalized with concussion in New South Wales, Australia, during 2005-2018, and matched comparisons not hospitalized with any injury.

Results

Young people with concussion had higher risk of not achieving the national minimum standards for literacy and numeracy assessments, ranging from 30% for numeracy to 43% for spelling, and not completing high school, ranging from 29% for year 10 to 77% for year 12, compared with matched peers.

Conclusion

Young people hospitalized with concussion have impaired school performance compared with uninjured matched

SUBMITTER: Lystad RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10488614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature