Citation

Dégeilh F, Bernier A, Gravel J, Beauchamp MH. Dev. Psychobiol. 2018; 60(8): 1037-1047.

Affiliation

Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/dev.21786

PMID

30276812

Abstract

Adaptive behavior impairments have been reported in children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) but are not typically found following mild TBI. It is possible that mild TBI induces subtle changes in adaptive functioning that are not captured in conventional group comparisons. This study aimed to explore time course changes in adaptive functioning following early mild TBI. Parents of 63 children with mild TBI and 53 children with orthopedic injuries aged between 1.5 and 5 years at the time of injury completed the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-II at three time points: retrospectively to assess pre-injury functioning, then at 6 and 18 months post-injury. Developmental trajectories of adaptive functioning domains (practical, conceptual, and social) reported by parents were modeled using linear mixed-model analyses.

FINDINGS suggest that mild TBI may disrupt the expected developmental progression of children's social adaptive behavior, but does not appear to alter practical and conceptual domains.

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Language: en

Keywords

concussion; growth curve modeling; preschool children; social competence; traumatic brain injury