کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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901123 | 1472601 | 2006 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Examination of postconcussion-like symptoms in healthy university students: Relationships to subjective and objective neuropsychological function performance Examination of postconcussion-like symptoms in healthy university students: Relationships to subjective and objective neuropsychological function performance](/preview/png/901123.png)
This study examined postconcussion-like symptoms in a group of university students and explored their relationships to neuropsychological function performance. A sample of 124 students was recruited. All of the participants received the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ) and completed a comprehensive set of neuropsychological tests. They reported a relatively high base rate of postconcussion-like symptoms. The most frequently endorsed items were “fatigue” (76.9%), “longer time to think” (60.3%), “poor concentration” (58.7%), “sleep disturbance” (50.4%), and “frustration” (46.3%). There were no significant differences between low symptom reporters and high symptom reporters, except for self-reported dysexecutive problems. A comparison of the healthy high symptom reporters and a convenient sample of traumatic brain injury patients revealed that the patients performed significantly worse on neuropsychological functions than the high symptom reporters, despite non-significant differences between symptom endorsement. Our findings demonstrate that: (a) the base rate of postconcussion-like symptoms in a group of healthy university students is relatively high and (b) postconcussion symptom (PCS) is not related to neuropsychological functions in normal people.
Journal: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - Volume 21, Issue 4, May 2006, Pages 339–347