A 10 year follow-up study of children with head injuries: Psychosocial adjustment

Extensive evidence clearly demonstrates that psychosocial maladjustment is one of the major and most devastating sequelae of adult head injury. In consideration of the limited data concerning the long-term psychosocial impact of such an injury in children and adolescents, this thesis addresses the question of psychosocial outcome of children 10 years after sustaining a mild, moderate, or a severe head injury. The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), developed to assess changes in daily activities as a function of health, was administered to a group of young adults in order to investigate the psychosocial adjustment as determined by the outcome measure of the questionnaire. Using hierarchical regression analysis, outcome seemed without correlation to socioeconomic status, age at injury, and severity of injury.