title: Agreement between parents and children on ratings of post-concussive symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury.
abstract: The level of parent-child agreement on post-concussive symptoms (PCS) was examined in children following mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI). As part of a larger longitudinal study, 186 children with mild TBI and 99 with orthopedic injuries (OI), from 8 to 15 years of age, were recruited prospectively. Parents and children completed the PCS Interview (PCS-I) and the Health and Behavior Inventory (HBI) at 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, and 12 months postinjury. Item-level correlations between child and parent ratings on both measures of PCS were significant but modest in both groups. Parent-child correlations for composite scales on the HBI and the total score on the PCS-I were significant in both groups, but somewhat higher in the OI group than in the mild TBI group. Mean symptom ratings tended to be significantly higher for children as compared to parents, especially for somatic symptoms. Parents and children display modest agreement when reporting PCS; their ratings correlate significantly, but children report higher mean levels of symptoms than parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hajek
authors.forename: Keith Owen
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Yeates
authors.forename: H Gerry
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bangert
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Nuss
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rusin
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D038223:Post-Concussion Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors