INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 03 Program Schedule 02/15/2024 09:30 am - 10:40 am Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma \| Neurovascular Final Abstract #49 Evaluating the Predictability of Objective Measures from Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Sport-Related Concussion Lauren Moon, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Brett Macchio, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Sohrab Sami, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Kassandra Korcsog, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Christopher Abeare, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Joseph Casey, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Category: Acquired Brain Injury (TBI/Cerebrovascular Injury and Disease - Adult) Keyword 1: cognitive functioning Keyword 2: concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury Keyword 3: self-report Objective: This study was designed to understand the concordance between subjective cognitive complaints and objective measures of cognitive function following sport-related concussion at the collegiate level. Participants and Methods: Participants were 60 university athletes (M_age= 20, SD_age=1.8, range = 17-25; 58% male; 60% White; M_edu=13.3, SD_edu=1.3) from a mid-sized Canadian University who recently experienced a concussion during play. Data were collected using an online post-injury questionnaire completed prior to testing and a comprehensive 3-hour sports concussion evaluation test battery that included two measures of self-reported cognitive dysfunction: The Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS-22) and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), and a measure of objective cognitive performance: The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT v4). Results: Zero-order correlations and a linear combination analysis were conducted to determine the relationship between subjective scores on the PCSS Cognitive Factor, the PROMIS measure, and index scores on the ImPACT. After eliminating the scores of one participant from analysis due to invalid performance, the zero-order correlations remained insignificant and the linear combination of ImPACT scores that predict PCSS and PROMIS scores were all insignificant as well. Conclusions: These data suggest that self-reported cognitive dysfunction does not reliably predict objectively measured cognitive functioning. Thus, the current study demonstrates the importance of objective measures of cognitive functioning, in addition to self-reported cognitive difficulties, during post-concussion evaluations. Understanding the relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and true cognitive abilities can inform a more appropriate plan for recovery and safe return to play in collegiate athletes.

Poster

02/15/2024
09:30 am - 10:40 am
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 03: Neurotrauma | Neurovascular

Final Abstract #49

Evaluating the Predictability of Objective Measures from Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Sport-Related Concussion

Lauren Moon, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Brett Macchio, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Sohrab Sami, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Kassandra Korcsog, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Christopher Abeare, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Joseph Casey, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

Category: Acquired Brain Injury (TBI/Cerebrovascular Injury and Disease - Adult)

Keyword 1: cognitive functioning
Keyword 2: concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury
Keyword 3: self-report

Objective:

This study was designed to understand the concordance between subjective cognitive complaints and objective measures of cognitive function following sport-related concussion at the collegiate level.

Participants and Methods:

Participants were 60 university athletes (M_age= 20, SD_age=1.8, range = 17-25; 58% male; 60% White; M_edu=13.3, SD_edu=1.3) from a mid-sized Canadian University who recently experienced a concussion during play. Data were collected using an online post-injury questionnaire completed prior to testing and a comprehensive 3-hour sports concussion evaluation test battery that included two measures of self-reported cognitive dysfunction: The Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS-22) and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), and a measure of objective cognitive performance: The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT v4).

Results:

Zero-order correlations and a linear combination analysis were conducted to determine the relationship between subjective scores on the PCSS Cognitive Factor, the PROMIS measure, and index scores on the ImPACT. After eliminating the scores of one participant from analysis due to invalid performance, the zero-order correlations remained insignificant and the linear combination of ImPACT scores that predict PCSS and PROMIS scores were all insignificant as well.

Conclusions:

These data suggest that self-reported cognitive dysfunction does not reliably predict objectively measured cognitive functioning. Thus, the current study demonstrates the importance of objective measures of cognitive functioning, in addition to self-reported cognitive difficulties, during post-concussion evaluations. Understanding the relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and true cognitive abilities can inform a more appropriate plan for recovery and safe return to play in collegiate athletes.