Abstract

The sequelae of mild head injury one to five years after injury, assessed in a longitudinal study of 13,000 British children born in one week in 1970, are reported from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY and Bristol Polytechnic and University of Bristol, England.

Highlights

  • COGNITIVE SEQUELAE OF MILD HEAD INJURY The sequelae of mild head injury one to five years after injury, assessed in a longitudinal study of 13,000 British children born in one week in 1970, are reported from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY and Bristol Polytechnic and University of Bristol, England

  • Parental reports of mild head injury in 114 children treated with ambulatory care or achrission to hospital for one night were compared with those of 601 children with limb fractures, 605 with lacerations, 136 with burns, and 1726 without injury

  • The authors concluded that mild head injury in school aged children does not have an adverse effect on global measures of cognition, achievement, and behavior one to five years after injury

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Summary

Introduction

Parental reports of mild head injury in 114 children treated with ambulatory care or achrission to hospital for one night were compared with those of 601 children with limb fractures, 605 with lacerations, 136 with burns, and 1726 without injury. When the children were five and ten years of age the parents completed the Rutter Child Behavior Questionnaire. Children with head injuries were statistically indistinguishable from uninjured children on all tests except the teachers' report of hyperactivity which was 4/10 of a standard deviation higher.

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