Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37863954›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2023

Characterizing the profiles of patients with acute concussion versus prolonged post-concussion symptoms in Ontario.

Olivia F T Scott, Mikaela Bubna, Emily Boyko, Cindy Hunt, Vicki L Kristman, Judith Gargaro, Mozhgan Khodadadi, Tharshini Chandra, Umme Saika Kabir, Shannon Kenrick-Rochon and 9 more

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Olivia F T ScottCanadian Concussion Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mikaela BubnaHamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Emily BoykoEPID@Work Research Institute, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Cindy HuntHead Injury Clinic, Department of Trauma and Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Vicki L KristmanEPID@Work Research Institute, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Judith GargaroNeurotrauma Care Pathways Project, KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mozhgan KhodadadiCanadian Concussion Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Tharshini ChandraHull-Ellis Concussion Clinic, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Umme Saika KabirEPID@Work Research Institute, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Shannon Kenrick-RochonNorthern Ontario School of Medicine University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
Stephanie CowleParachute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Matthew J BurkeNeuropsychiatry Program, Division of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Karl F ZabjekDepartment of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Anil DosajHead Injury Clinic, Department of Trauma and Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Asma MushtaqueCanadian Concussion Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Andrew J BakerBrain Health and Wellness Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mark T BayleyHull-Ellis Concussion Clinic, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
CONNECT
Maria Carmela TartagliaCanadian Concussion Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. carmela.tartaglia@uhn.ca.
University Health Network · CASt. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CALakehead University · CAHamilton Health Sciences · CAHealth Sciences North · CAParachute · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying vulnerability factors for developing persisting concussion symptoms is imperative for determining which patients may require specialized treatment. Using cross-sectional questionnaire data from an Ontario-wide observational concussion study, we compared patients with acute concussion (≤ 14 days) and prolonged post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) (≥ 90 days) on four factors of interest: sex, history of mental health disorders, history of headaches/migraines, and past concussions. Differences in profile between the two groups were also explored. 110 patients with acute concussion and 96 patients with PPCS were included in our study. The groups did not differ on the four factors of interest. Interestingly, both groups had greater proportions of females (acute concussion: 61.1% F; PPCS: 66.3% F). Patient profiles, however, differed wherein patients with PPCS were significantly older, more symptomatic, more likely to have been injured in a transportation-related incident, and more likely to live outside a Metropolitan city. These novel risk factors for persisting concussion symptoms require replication and highlight the need to re-evaluate previously identified risk factors as more and more concussions occur in non-athletes and different risk factors may be at play.

Indexed as

Brain ConcussionPost-Concussion SyndromeCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleOntarioRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID37863954
PMCPMC10589269
OpenAlexW4387812421

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.