Nightly Sleep Duration and Symptom Burden Over 1 Month Following Pediatric Concussion.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Approximately half of all youths with concussions report sleep disturbance, including short and long sleep durations, in the first week of recovery. Limited longitudinal research exists regarding the association between sleep duration and symptom burden during acute pediatric concussion recovery.

Objective

To investigate the association between mean nightly sleep duration over 1 week (days 1 to 7) and 2 weeks (days 1 to 14) postinjury and subsequent symptom burden at 1, 2, and 4 weeks following pediatric concussion.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from a randomized clinical trial conducted in 3 emergency pediatric departments in Ontario, Canada, from March 2017 to December 2019 (with secondary analysis conducted between Septemb

SUBMITTER: Butterfield L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12177668 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature