People experiencing persistent post-concussion symptoms were at a higher risk for depressive symptoms, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
A minority of individuals who experience a concussion will experience symptoms for months or years following injury, which can be referred to as persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS), Maude Lambert, PhD, of the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, and colleagues wrote.
Lambert and colleagues sought to assess the association between depressive symptoms and PPCS in children, adolescents and adults through a meta-analysis and to