目的:运动相关脑震荡后的心理症状可能会影响青少年运动员的康复。因此,这项研究的目的是1)描述具有急性心理症状的运动员的比例,2)确定较高初始心理症状的潜在预测因子,和3)确定心理症状是否影响一组脑震荡的高中运动员的康复。
方法:对2017年11月至2022年4月期间遭受运动相关脑震荡并提交多学科脑震荡中心的高中运动员(14-18岁)进行了回顾性队列研究。主要自变量为心理症状群评分,通过对初始脑震荡后症状量表(PCSS)上的四种情感症状求和来计算(即,烦躁,悲伤,紧张,感觉更情绪化)。心理症状比率定义为心理症状群评分除以总初始PCSS评分的比率。结果包括重返学习时间(RTL),症状解决,和时间返回播放(RTP)。进行单变量和多变量回归以调整人口统计学因素和健康史。
结果:总共431名运动员(58.0%为女性,平均年龄16.2±1.3岁)。近一半的样本(45%)报告了至少一种心理症状,心理症状群平均得分为4.2±5.2,心理症状群比例为0.10±0.11。易怒是最常见的心理症状(38.1%),其次是情绪化(30.2%),紧张(25.3%),和悲伤(22.0%)。多因素回归分析显示,女性性别(B=2.15,95%CI0.91-3.39;p<0.001),意识丧失(B=1.91,95%CI0.11-3.72;p=0.037),逆行/顺行性健忘症(B=1.66,95%CI0.20-3.11;p=0.026),和心理史(B=2.96,95%CI1.25-4.70;p<0.001)预测心理症状群评分增加。女性(B=0.03,95%CI0.00-0.06;p=0.031)和心理史(B=0.06,95%CI0.02-0.10;p=0.002)预测心理症状比率增加。多变量线性回归表明,较高的心理症状群评分和比率与较长的RTL时间相关,症状解决,RTP。
结论:在一组高中运动员中,45%的人报告至少有一种心理症状,烦躁是最常见的。女性性别,失去意识,健忘症,心理史与心理症状群评分增加显著相关.较高的心理症状群评分和心理症状比率独立地预测了更长的康复时间。这些结果强化了脑震荡后的心理症状是常见的并且可能对康复产生负面影响的观念。
OBJECTIVE: Psychological symptoms following a sport-related concussion may affect recovery in adolescent athletes. Therefore, the aims of this study were to 1) describe the proportion of athletes with acute psychological symptoms, 2) identify potential predictors of higher initial psychological symptoms, and 3) determine whether psychological symptoms affect recovery in a cohort of concussed high school athletes.
METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of high school athletes (14-18 years of age) who sustained a sport-related concussion from November 2017 to April 2022 and presented to a multidisciplinary concussion center was performed. The main independent variable was psychological symptom cluster score, calculated by summing the four affective symptoms on the initial Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) (i.e., irritability, sadness, nervousness, feeling more emotional). The psychological symptom ratio was defined as the ratio of the psychological symptom cluster score divided by the total initial PCSS score. The outcomes included time to return to learn (RTL), symptom resolution, and time to return to play (RTP). Univariable and multivariable regressions were performed to adjust for demographic factors and health history.
RESULTS: A total of 431 athletes (58.0% female, mean age 16.2 ± 1.3 years) were included. Nearly half of the sample (45%) reported at least one psychological symptom, with a mean psychological symptom cluster score of 4.2 ± 5.2 and psychological symptom cluster ratio of 0.10 ± 0.11. Irritability was the most commonly endorsed psychological symptom (38.1%), followed by feeling more emotional (30.2%), nervousness (25.3%), and sadness (22.0%). Multivariable regression showed that female sex (B = 2.15, 95% CI 0.91-3.39; p < 0.001), loss of consciousness (B = 1.91, 95% CI 0.11-3.72; p = 0.037), retrograde/anterograde amnesia (B = 1.66, 95% CI 0.20-3.11; p = 0.026), and psychological history (B = 2.96, 95% CI 1.25-4.70; p < 0.001) predicted an increased psychological symptom cluster score. Female sex (B = 0.03, 95% CI 0.00-0.06; p = 0.031) and psychological history (B = 0.06, 95% CI 0.02-0.10; p = 0.002) predicted an increased psychological symptom ratio. Multivariable linear regression showed that both higher psychological symptom cluster score and ratio were associated with longer times to RTL, symptom resolution, and RTP.
CONCLUSIONS: In a cohort of high school athletes, 45% reported at least one psychological symptom, with irritability being most common. Female sex, loss of consciousness, amnesia, and a psychological history were significantly associated with an increased psychological symptom cluster score. Higher psychological symptom cluster score and psychological symptom ratio independently predicted longer recovery. These results reinforce the notion that psychological symptoms after concussion are common and may negatively impact recovery.