Abstract
Our objective was to determine the association between sleep quality, symptom severity, and recovery following sport-related concussion in pediatric athletes. A review of data from the North Texas Concussion Network Prospective Registry (ConTex) was performed. Participants were diagnosed with a sport-related concussion and were ≤18 years old. Participants were categorized based on their initial clinic visit Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index composite score (0-21) into good sleep quality (GS≤5) and poor sleep quality (PS>5) groups. The PS group reported higher median total symptom scores at 3-month follow-up (3.0 vs 0.0, P <.01) and took more than a median of 2 weeks longer to recover compared to the GS group (35.0 days vs 20.0 days, P <.01). Poor sleep quality was strongly associated with greater symptom severity and longer time to recovery following sport-related concussion. Early recognition of concussed athletes with poor sleep quality at initial clinic visit may help predict prolonged recovery.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 639-645 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of child neurology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2019 |
Keywords
- brain
- concussion
- outcome
- pediatric
- sleep
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Clinical Neurology