title: Preinjury Emotional-Behavioral Functioning of Children With Lingering Problems After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
abstract: This study aimed to characterize preinjury emotional-behavioral functioning in pediatric patients with lingering problems after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). The clinical case series design included 278 patients 8-17 years old. Parents retrospectively rated children's preinjury emotional-behavioral functioning on a broadband questionnaire. The rate of clinically significant preinjury anxiety was elevated compared with national norms. The number of previous TBIs was associated with clinically significant preinjury externalizing problems, suggesting a link between externalizing disorders and mild TBI exposure. Premorbid emotional-behavioral difficulties may play an important role in the establishment or maintenance of lingering symptoms after pediatric mild TBI.
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
authors.forename: Robin L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
authors.forename: Amy K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Connery
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires