Citation

Lystad RP, McMaugh A, Herkes G, Browne G, Badgery-Parker T, Cameron CM, Mitchell RJ. Concussion 2023; 8(3): CNC105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, The Drake Foundation, Publisher Future Medicine)

DOI

10.2217/cnc-2022-0012

PMID

37691853

PMCID

PMC10488614

Abstract

AIM: To examine the impact of concussion on objective measures of school performance. MATERIALS & METHODS: Population-based matched cohort study using linked health and education records of young people aged ≤18 years hospitalized with concussion in New South Wales, Australia, during 2005-2018, and matched comparisons not hospitalized with any injury.

RESULTS: Young people with concussion had higher risk of not achieving the national minimum standards for literacy and numeracy assessments, ranging from 30% for numeracy to 43% for spelling, and not completing high school, ranging from 29% for year 10 to 77% for year 12, compared with matched peers.

CONCLUSION: Young people hospitalized with concussion have impaired school performance compared with uninjured matched peers.

Language: en

Keywords

concussion; academic performance; high school completion; young people