Factors Influencing Time to Return to Learn Among NCAA Student-Athletes Enrolled in the Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Study

Purpose The aim was to describe the demographic and post-injury factors that influence time to return to learn (RTL) among student-athletes enrolled in the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium. Methods A total of 47,860 student-athletes enrolled in the National Collegiate...

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Published in:Sports medicine (Auckland) 2024-07, Vol.54 (7), p.1965-1977
Main Authors: Memmini, Allyssa K., Snedden, Traci R., Boltz, Adrian J., Benson, Benjamin A., Margolin, Eric, Pasquina, Paul F., McAllister, Thomas W., McCrea, Michael A., Broglio, Steven P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Adolescent
Anxiety
Athletes
Athletic Injuries
Brain Concussion
Concussion
Consortia
Demography
Education
Female
Females
Humans
Investigations
Learning
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Original Research Article
Return to Sport
Sex Factors
Sports Medicine
Student athletes
Students
Time Factors
United States
Universities
University students
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The aim was to describe the demographic and post-injury factors that influence time to return to learn (RTL) among student-athletes enrolled in the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium. Methods A total of 47,860 student-athletes enrolled in the National Collegiate Athletic Association-Department of Defense (NCAA-DoD) CARE Consortium study from 2014 to 2020, with 1485 sport-related concussions (SRCs) analyzed in the present dataset. Demographic and post-injury characteristics were calculated using descriptive statistics, followed by Kaplan–Meier estimates to examine median time to return to normal academic performance (i.e., RTL) by sex (male, female), baseline psychiatric conditions (depression, anxiety) and/or learning disorder, NCAA division (I, II, III), SRC history (0, 1, 2, 3+), NCAA sport category (contact, limited contact, non-contact sport), and median difference in baseline/post-injury symptom severity scores (
ISSN:0112-1642
1179-2035
1179-2035
DOI:10.1007/s40279-024-01999-1