Neuropsychological Impairment, Brain Injury Symptoms, and Health-Related Quality of Life After Pediatric TBI in Oslo.

ABSTRACT: Descriptions of clinical outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) in Scandinavia are sparse. The Oslo site of the European CENTER-TBI study has performed a pTBI outcome study in a hospitalized population. The main objective was to investigate neuropsychological outcomes, self- and parent-reported symptoms associated with brain injury, and quality of life in children aged 1-15 years, 5-8 months after injury. Fifty-two children were included, and 45 completed the assessments. The sample consisted of 15.4% severe, 21.2% moderate, and 63.4% mild TBI. Subjectively experienced problems with concentration and fatigue were reported by the parents of nearly half of the children. Higher brain injury symptom load was associated with lower quality of life, but was unrelated to injury severi

SUBMITTER: Holthe IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8831895 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature