German translation and psychometric testing of the Postconcussion Symptom Inventory for adolescents in self-report (PCSI-SR13) and parent-report (PCSI-P).

ABSTRACT: Adolescents are at an increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is associated with physical, cognitive, and/or emotional impairments, the so-called post-concussion symptoms (PCS). To fill the gap of German-language instruments for the age-appropriate assessment of PCS, the current study presents the translation, linguistic validation, and psychometric examination of two versions of the Postconcussion Symptom Inventory (PCSI) for adolescents (PCSI-SR13; 21 items) and their parents (PCSI-P; 20 items). Translation included iterative forward and backward translations and cognitive debriefings (CD). A total of 117 adolescents (aged 13-17 years) after TBI (3 months up to 10 years after injury) and 111 parents completed the PCSI. Both German versions were compared descrip

SUBMITTER: Timmermann DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12333987 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature