Factors Predicting Post Concussion Syndrome among Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Keywords:
Post-concussion syndrome, Mild traumatic brain injury, Pain, Anxiety, Social supportAbstract
Patients with mild head injury often develop post-concussion syndrome. If the syndrome is not addressed appropriately, patients’ recovery may be delayed. The study aimed to explored factors predicting; pain, pre-injury comorbidity, anxiety, social support, and history of alcohol use with post-concussion syndrome. The samples were patients with mild traumatic brain injury followed up at the surgical outpatient department of a tertiary hospital in the lower northern region of Thailand. The one hundred and ten samples were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments used in the study included 1) The demographic questionnaire 2) The numeric pain rating scale 3) The State-Trait anxiety inventory form Y-1 with reliability at .82 4) The Social support questionnaire with reliability at .78 5) The Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire with reliability at .88. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used to analyze the data.
The results revealed that the significant predicting factors of post-concussion syndrome included pain
(β = .49) and anxiety (β = .42). The percentage of total variance explained by these factors among patients with mild traumatic brain injury was 49 (Adjust R2 = .49, p < .05). The finding can provide important basic information for preventing or alleviating post-concussion syndrome among patients with mild traumatic brain injury so that the patients can recover well.
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