Association Between Early Return to School Following Acute Concussion and Symptom Burden at 2 Weeks Postinjury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Determining how the timing of return to school is related to later symptom burden is important for early postinjury management recommendations.

Objective

To examine the typical time to return to school after a concussion and evaluate whether an earlier return to school is associated with symptom burden 14 days postinjury.

Design, setting, and participants

Planned secondary analysis of a prospective, multicenter observational cohort study from August 2013 to September 2014. Participants aged 5 to 18 years with an acute (<48 hours) concussion were recruited from 9 Canadian pediatric emergency departments in the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Network.

Exposure

The independent variable was the number of days of school missed. Missing fewer than 3 da

SUBMITTER: Vaughan CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9860528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature