Table 1.
Response to the question ‘What is a concussion?’
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Heard of the word concussion | ||
| Yes | 18 | 90.0 |
| No | 2 | 10.0 |
| Bodily site | ||
| Head | 12 | 60.0 |
| Brain | 4 | 20.0 |
| Generalized | 1 | 5.0 |
| Mechanism of injury | ||
| Hit/bang head | 8 | 40.0 |
| Fall | 3 | 15.0 |
| Brain gets dislocated/out of place | 2 | 10.0 |
| Brain shakes | 1 | 5.0 |
| Pieces of skull get out of place | 1 | 5.0 |
| Sports related injury | 1 | 5.0 |
| Symptoms | ||
| Memory problems | 4 | 35.0 |
| Generalized pain | 2 | 10.0 |
| Dizzy | 2 | 10.0 |
| Nauseous/vomiting | 2 | 10.0 |
| Headache | 1 | 5.0 |
| Sleepy | 1 | 5.0 |
| Blurry vision | 1 | 5.0 |
| Other (brain goes numb, bad for your body, sit out of sports) | 3 | 15.0 |
Note: 3 of the 20 children were not able to come up with unprompted information about the word concussion