A-13 Return-to-Learn: Academic Accommodations for Concussion Recovery
| Autor: | K Creed, B Davis, C Garrison, D Blueitt, C Keshvnani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Sports medicine media_common.quotation_subject Primary health care General Medicine medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Feeling Visual accommodation Acute care Concussion medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Student athletes Psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 35:609-609 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5843 |
| Popis: | Objective To evaluate academic accommodations offered to student athletes following a concussive injury. Method Participants were identified during regularly scheduled visits to the participating fellowship-trained, board-certified primary care sports medicine physician (D.B.). A total of 127 participants (mean ± SD age, 14.8 ± 1.5 years [range, 12–18 years]) diagnosed with a concussion from December 2018 to October 2019 were surveyed. The participants were provided a questionnaire in which the following information was collected: age at injury, date of injury, locations of treatment, cognitive symptoms experienced, academic accommodations received, implementation of accommodation by educators, and school related problems. Results Cognitive symptoms were reported by 117 (92.1%) participants with trouble concentrating (81.2%), and feeling “slow” (78.7%) being the most common. Participants treated at the participating, sports-medicine concussion center had the highest rate of receiving academic accommodations (95.3%), while those also treated at an emergency or acute care center, primary care physician, or pediatrician’s office had significantly lower rates ( Conclusions These data display the high frequency of cognitive symptoms and hindered academic performance associated with concussion recovery. The implementation of academic accommodations was demonstrated to be beneficial; however, not all medical centers are providing accommodations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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