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Dimensions of post-concussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injury

Ayr, Lauren K
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1181833145

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
The dimensions of post-concussive symptoms (PCS) associated with pediatric mild traumatic head injuries (mild TBI) were examined in a prospective, longitudinal study of 186 8- to 15-year-old children with MHI and a comparison group of 99 children with orthopedic injuries (OI). Parents and children completed a 50-item questionnaire within 2 weeks of injury and again at 3 months post injury, rating the frequency of PCS on a 4-point scale. Common factor analysis with target rotation was used to rotate the ratings to four hypothesized dimensions, representing cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. The rotated factor matrix for baseline parent ratings was consistent with the target matrix. The rotated matrix for baseline child ratings was consistent with the target matrix for cognitive and somatic symptoms but not for emotional and behavioral symptoms. The rotated matrices for ratings obtained 3 months post injury were largely consistent with the target matrix derived from analyses of baseline ratings, except that parent ratings of behavioral symptoms did not cluster as before. Additional exploratory analyses comparing younger children to older children revealed similar results to the total group for both child-rated and parent-rated symptoms. Injury group exploratory analyses suggested that child- and parent-rated symptom dimensions may be different for the OI group than the mild TBI group. Parent and child ratings of PCS yield consistent factors reflecting cognitive and somatic symptom dimensions, but dimensions of emotional and behavioral symptoms are less robust across time and raters.
Keith Yeates (Advisor)
94 p.
Psychology, Clinical
traumatic brain injury; mild trauamtic brain injury; pediatric brain injury; factor analysis

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  • Ayr, L. K. (2007). Dimensions of post-concussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injury [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1181833145

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ayr, Lauren. Dimensions of post-concussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injury. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1181833145.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ayr, Lauren. "Dimensions of post-concussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injury." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1181833145

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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