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Actigraphy-derived sleep patterns in children and adolescents with persistent post-concussion symptoms: An exploratory study.

Maree Cassimatis, Rhonda Orr, Matthew Ahmadi, Gary Browne

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Maree CassimatisSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhonda OrrSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Matthew AhmadiSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Gary BrowneChildren's Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Background: Persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) affect 35% of children and adolescents with concussion. This study aimed to characterise sleep patterns in children and adolescents with PPCS and explore the effect of sleep disturbance on clinical concussion outcomes. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted in participants with PPCS (n = 20, aged 11-18 years) presenting to a tertiary referral clinic. Participants completed a battery of concussion assessments at their initial consultation and at 4 weeks follow-up to assess and monitor symptom burden, cognition, balance, mental health, and exercise tolerance. The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) was used to identify participants with post-concussion clinical insomnia (PCCI). Wrist actigraphy was used to objectively characterise sleep patterns, including total sleep time, sleep latency, wake after sleep onset and sleep efficiency, over a 14-day period. Participants were followed until they were recovered from concussion. Results: Forty-five percent of participants with PPCS also had PCCI. Objective mean ± SD sleep parameters of participants were: total sleep time 452.1 ± 53.8 min, sleep latency 32.2 ± 16.3 min, wake after sleep onset 76.9 ± 21.4 min, and sleep efficiency 85.9 ± 3.7%. Mood disturbance was a significant predictor of sleep disturbance at the 4-week follow-up ( Conclusions: Sleep disturbance is significantly associated with poorer mental health and prolonged recovery time in children and adolescents with PPCS.

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ConcussionInsomniaMental healthPersistent post-concussion symptomsSleep

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PMCPMC13351881

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