Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire of Cnossen et al

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Cnossen et al reported the Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire to evaluate a patient following traumatic brain injury. This can help to identify a patient who may have symptoms at 6 months. The authors are from Erasmus Medical Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, University of Pittsburgh and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Patient selection: traumatic brain injury with concussion

Outcome: 6-month post-concussive symptoms

Parameters:

(1) age in years

(2) years of education

(3) sex

(4) pre-injury migraine or headache

(5) pre-injury psychiatric disorder

(6) history of prior traumatic brain injury (TBI)

(7) post-traumatic amnesia

(8) post-traumatic loss of consciousness

Parameter	Finding	Points
age in years		0.05 * (age)
years of education		-0.79 * (years)
sex	male	0
	female	0.74
pre-injury migraine or headache	no	0
	yes	2.07
pre-injury psychiatric disorder	no	0
	yes	3.73
history of prior TBI	no	0
	yes	3.71
post-traumatic amnesia	no	-0.47
	yes	0
loss of consciousness	no	-0.38
	yes	0

Rivermead post-concussion questionnaire =

= SUM(points for all 8 parameters) + 14.45

Interpretation:

• minimum score: around 0

• maximum score: around 48

• A higher score is associated with worse functional outcomes.

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Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire of Cnossen et al

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