Long-Term School Outcomes of Children and Adolescents With Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand the impact of age at injury, severity of injury, and time since injury on long-term school outcomes of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Participants

Four groups of children: complicated mild/moderate TBI (n = 23), severe TBI (n = 56), orthopedic injury (n = 35), and healthy controls (n = 42). Children with TBI were either 2 years postinjury or 6 years postinjury.

Design

Cross-sectional design.

Measures

School records as well as parental ratings of functional academic skills and school competency.

Results

Children with severe TBI had consistently high usage of school services and low school competency ratings than children with orthopedic injuries and healthy controls. In contrast, children with complicated-mild/m

SUBMITTER: Prasad MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967046 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature