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Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany
Background: The long-term effects of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in children and adolescents are increasingly discussed due to their potential impact on psycho-social development and education. This study aims to evaluate post-hospital care of children and adolescents after mild TBI using a ph...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36140665 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092265 |
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author | Käckenmester, Wiebke Güthoff, Claas Mroß, Dana Wietholt, Gertrud Zappel, Kristina Schmehl, Ingo |
author_facet | Käckenmester, Wiebke Güthoff, Claas Mroß, Dana Wietholt, Gertrud Zappel, Kristina Schmehl, Ingo |
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description | Background: The long-term effects of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in children and adolescents are increasingly discussed due to their potential impact on psycho-social development and education. This study aims to evaluate post-hospital care of children and adolescents after mild TBI using a physician survey. Methods: A self-developed, pre-tested questionnaire on diagnostics and treatment of TBI in outpatient care was sent to a representative sample of general practitioners and pediatricians in Germany. Results: Datasets from 699 general practitioners, 334 pediatricians and 24 neuropediatricians were available and included in the analysis. Nearly half of the general practitioners and most pediatricians say they treat at least one acute pediatric TBI per year. However, a substantive proportion of general practitioners are not familiar with scales assessing TBI severity and have difficulties assessing the symptoms correctly. Pediatricians seem to have better knowledge than general practitioners when it comes to treatment and outpatient care of TBI. Conclusions: To increase knowledge about TBI in outpatient physicians, targeted training courses should be offered, especially for general practitioners. Moreover, handing out written information about long-term effects and reintegration after TBI should be encouraged in outpatient practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-94981872022-09-23 Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany Käckenmester, Wiebke Güthoff, Claas Mroß, Dana Wietholt, Gertrud Zappel, Kristina Schmehl, Ingo Diagnostics (Basel) Article Background: The long-term effects of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in children and adolescents are increasingly discussed due to their potential impact on psycho-social development and education. This study aims to evaluate post-hospital care of children and adolescents after mild TBI using a physician survey. Methods: A self-developed, pre-tested questionnaire on diagnostics and treatment of TBI in outpatient care was sent to a representative sample of general practitioners and pediatricians in Germany. Results: Datasets from 699 general practitioners, 334 pediatricians and 24 neuropediatricians were available and included in the analysis. Nearly half of the general practitioners and most pediatricians say they treat at least one acute pediatric TBI per year. However, a substantive proportion of general practitioners are not familiar with scales assessing TBI severity and have difficulties assessing the symptoms correctly. Pediatricians seem to have better knowledge than general practitioners when it comes to treatment and outpatient care of TBI. Conclusions: To increase knowledge about TBI in outpatient physicians, targeted training courses should be offered, especially for general practitioners. Moreover, handing out written information about long-term effects and reintegration after TBI should be encouraged in outpatient practice. MDPI 2022-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9498187/ /pubmed/36140665 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092265 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Käckenmester, Wiebke Güthoff, Claas Mroß, Dana Wietholt, Gertrud Zappel, Kristina Schmehl, Ingo Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title | Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title_full | Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title_short | Evaluation of Post-Hospital Care of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults—A Survey among General Practitioners and Pediatricians in Germany |
title_sort | evaluation of post-hospital care of traumatic brain injury in children, adolescents and young adults—a survey among general practitioners and pediatricians in germany |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36140665 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092265 |
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