title: Parental recognition of postconcussive symptoms in children.
abstract: Evaluation of current emergency department discharge instructions and parental recognition of symptomatology requiring further care for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not well understood. A convenience sample of 105 parents of children aged 5 to 17 years who were seen and discharged from the pediatric emergency department with TBI was identified. Parents were surveyed by telephone 2 to 5 days after injury and a questionnaire was completed regarding identification of TBI symptoms. This study demonstrated that despite verbal and written discharge instructions, many parents with symptomatic children reported that their children were asymptomatic, and unable to identify postconcussive symptoms in their children.
authors.affiliation: Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Michigan, USA. penny.stevens@sparrow.org
authors.forename: Penelope K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penprase
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kepros
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunneback
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004521:Educational Measurement; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010351:Patient Discharge; D038223:Post-Concussion Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014193:Trauma Centers