Influence of Anxiety on Baseline Cognitive Testing and Symptom Reporting in Adolescent Student Athletes

• DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7079
• Publication Date: 2020-08-10T06:06:07Z
• Authors: Claire M. Champigny; Jennine Rawana; Grant L. Iverson; Bruce Maxwell; Paul D. Berkner; Magdalena Wojtowicz
• Keywords: Neurocognitive; Cognitive test

Anxiety symptoms are commonly endorsed by student athletes. This study examined the possible influence of anxiety on baseline cognitive testing and symptom reporting in a large sample adolescent Participants were 37,945 athletes from state Maine who completed using ImPACT®. ImPACT includes an evaluation functioning questionnaire assessing presence severity common post-concussion symptoms. divided into high low groups based endorsement anxiety-like Student group more likely to be girls have greater lifetime history treatment for mental health problems headaches (ps < 0.001). The scored slightly lower tests (Cohen ds = 0.15–0.26) reported much amount pre-season d 3.38). More than eight 10 youth (82.7%) met International Statistical Classification Diseases Related Health Problems–10th Revision (ICD-10) criteria at least mild form postconcussional syndrome compared with less two (18.4%) group. Students had scores neurocognitive testing, but differences not practically meaningful; however, they dramatically physical, cognitive, emotional can mimic ICD-10 baseline, when been injured.