Pain in Children Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis in Association with Post-Concussive Symptoms

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dc.contributor.advisorYeates, Keith
dc.contributor.authorKwan, Vivian
dc.contributor.committeememberNoel, Melanie
dc.contributor.committeememberBarlow, Karen
dc.contributor.committeememberKirton, Adam
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T19:26:54Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T19:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractUp to 57% of youth report pain 3 to 36 months after a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI; Tham et al., 2013). Importantly, pain may be related to post-concussive symptoms (PCS). Thus our objective was to examine pain as a time-varying covariate of PCS. The current study recruited children ages 8 to 16 following mild TBI (n = 112) or orthopedic injury (OI; n = 67) at the time of injury and up to 6 months post-injury. Participants provided weekly ratings of their pain intensity and PCS frequency. Results showed that children with mild TBI and OI do not have significantly different trajectories of pain decline over time. However, relative increases in an individual’s pain ratings were related to increases in cognitive and somatic PCS, and this relationship was stronger in children with mild TBI than OI. Future research to better understand this closer association after mild TBI is warranted.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKwan, V. (2017). Pain in Children Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis in Association with Post-Concussive Symptoms (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27246en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27246
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/4102
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPsychology--Clinical
dc.subjectPsychobiology
dc.subject.othertraumatic brain injury
dc.subject.otherPain
dc.subject.otherpediatrics
dc.titlePain in Children Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis in Association with Post-Concussive Symptoms
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineClinical Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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