Developing a conceptual framework to identify and classify sources of parental stress following pediatric concussion.
Elizabeth F TeelJeffrey G CaronIsabelle J GagnonPublished in: Brain injury (2022)
Sources of parental stress were varied following pediatric concussion. Issues relating to the child's post-injury dysfunction and the uncertain recovery from concussion were key stressors identified by parents. Moving forward, this framework can be used to ground the development of specific parental stress screening tools and interventions, which may benefit the parent's mental health and the child's clinical recovery.