Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children

This cross-sectional study assessed concussion symptom knowledge of parents of middle school (MS) children (aged 10–15 years) through a free-response item that solicited concussion symptoms and compared findings to a pre-validated scale-based measure. A self-administered online questionnaire was sen...

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Autores principales:	Zachary Y. Kerr, Brittany M. Ingram, Christine E. Callahan, Aliza K. Nedimyer, Avinash Chandran, Melissa K. Kossman, Julia Hoang, Paula Gildner, Johna K. Register-Mihalik
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	youth sports recall traumatic brain injury Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7629cd34b383486ab82829b31b100ee02021-11-25T17:50:49ZReporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children10.3390/ijerph1822120701660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/7629cd34b383486ab82829b31b100ee02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12070https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This cross-sectional study assessed concussion symptom knowledge of parents of middle school (MS) children (aged 10–15 years) through a free-response item that solicited concussion symptoms and compared findings to a pre-validated scale-based measure. A self-administered online questionnaire was sent to a panel of randomly selected United States residents who were recruited by a third-party company, aged ≥ 18 years, and identified as parents of MS children. Via a free-response item, parents listed what they believed were concussion symptoms. Multiple sections later, parents identified potential concussion symptoms via a scale measure, which featured 25 items (22 actual symptoms, three distractor symptoms) with three response options: yes, no, maybe. Free-response item responses were coded into specific symptoms. The 1062 eligible parents that provided complete data commonly identified the symptoms of dizziness (90.2%), blurred vision (87.4%), and balance problems (86.4%) on the scale-based measure. However, these and other symptoms were less commonly identified via the free-response item (dizziness: 44.4%; blurred vision: 16.5%; balance problems: 3.5%). Concussion symptoms commonly reported via the scale-based measure were reported less frequently within the free-response item. Future research must explore strategies to help clinicians working with parents and their children to measure and assess concussion symptom reporting and knowledge.Zachary Y. KerrBrittany M. IngramChristine E. CallahanAliza K. NedimyerAvinash ChandranMelissa K. KossmanJulia HoangPaula GildnerJohna K. Register-MihalikMDPI AGarticleyouth sportsrecalltraumatic brain injuryMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12070, p 12070 (2021)
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spellingShingle	youth sports recall traumatic brain injury Medicine R Zachary Y. Kerr Brittany M. Ingram Christine E. Callahan Aliza K. Nedimyer Avinash Chandran Melissa K. Kossman Julia Hoang Paula Gildner Johna K. Register-Mihalik Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
description	This cross-sectional study assessed concussion symptom knowledge of parents of middle school (MS) children (aged 10–15 years) through a free-response item that solicited concussion symptoms and compared findings to a pre-validated scale-based measure. A self-administered online questionnaire was sent to a panel of randomly selected United States residents who were recruited by a third-party company, aged ≥ 18 years, and identified as parents of MS children. Via a free-response item, parents listed what they believed were concussion symptoms. Multiple sections later, parents identified potential concussion symptoms via a scale measure, which featured 25 items (22 actual symptoms, three distractor symptoms) with three response options: yes, no, maybe. Free-response item responses were coded into specific symptoms. The 1062 eligible parents that provided complete data commonly identified the symptoms of dizziness (90.2%), blurred vision (87.4%), and balance problems (86.4%) on the scale-based measure. However, these and other symptoms were less commonly identified via the free-response item (dizziness: 44.4%; blurred vision: 16.5%; balance problems: 3.5%). Concussion symptoms commonly reported via the scale-based measure were reported less frequently within the free-response item. Future research must explore strategies to help clinicians working with parents and their children to measure and assess concussion symptom reporting and knowledge.
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author	Zachary Y. Kerr Brittany M. Ingram Christine E. Callahan Aliza K. Nedimyer Avinash Chandran Melissa K. Kossman Julia Hoang Paula Gildner Johna K. Register-Mihalik
author_facet	Zachary Y. Kerr Brittany M. Ingram Christine E. Callahan Aliza K. Nedimyer Avinash Chandran Melissa K. Kossman Julia Hoang Paula Gildner Johna K. Register-Mihalik
author_sort	Zachary Y. Kerr
title	Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
title_short	Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
title_full	Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
title_fullStr	Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
title_full_unstemmed	Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children
title_sort	reporting of concussion symptoms by a nationwide survey of united states parents of middle school children
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/7629cd34b383486ab82829b31b100ee0
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Reporting of Concussion Symptoms by a Nationwide Survey of United States Parents of Middle School Children

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