Association of concussion with high school academic standing: sex, school grade and race as stratifiers

Autor: Julian Takagi-Stewart, Qian Qiu, Brianna Mills, Aspen D Avery, Amy Muma, Monica S Vavilala
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Injury Prevention. 28:476-479
ISSN: 1475-5785
1353-8047
Popis: IntroductionThe purpose was to examine the association between concussion history and academic standing among high school students, and whether the association varies by sex, school grade and race/ethnicity.MethodsData from the 2019 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey were used for our cross-sectional study. Exposure was self-reported history of concussions in the past 12 months. Outcome was self-reported academic standing in the past 12 months. Poisson regression was used to analyse the exposure–outcome association, and whether there were differences by our stratifying variables.ResultsHaving a history of concussion in the past 12 months was significantly associated with a higher risk of poor academic standing during the same period, and the association varied by race/ethnicity.DiscussionYouth with a history of concussion may be at risk for poorer academic standing, indicating to the importance of prevention. Future studies are needed to examine the interaction of race/ethnicity on the presented association.
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