Postconcussion Symptoms in Patients with Injury-Related Chronic Pain

Table 1

Frequency of occurrence of postconcussion symptoms (Rivermead Postconcussion Symptoms Questionnaire).

	All patients (𝑛=86) (%)	Mean	Women (𝑛=59) (%)	Mean	Men (𝑛=27) (%)	Mean	P
Headache	73.5	2.25	51.0	2.21	40.72	2.33	n.s.
Dizziness	61.7	1.70	40.0	1.65	34.9	1.81	n.s.
Nausea/vomiting	29.1	1.01	30.0	1.09	16.3	0.85	n.s.
Sleep disturbance	84.9	2.86	42.0	2.84	45.3	2.88	0.024
Fatigue	90.7	3.01	57.0	3.18	53.5	2.67	n.s.
Irritability	66.3	2.11	54.0	2.14	50.0	2.04	n.s.
Feeling depressed	55.8	1.82	41.0	2.02	40.7	1.41	n.s.
Feeling frustrated	55.8	1.93	40.0	2.03	44.5	1.70	0.046
Poor memory	67.1	1.81	51.0	1.90	53.5	1.63	n.s.
Poor concentration	88.2	2.01	50.0	2.21	52.3	1.59	n.s.
Noise sensitivity	59.5	1.52	45.0	1.87	34.9	1.87	n.s.
Blurred vision	55.8	1.05	31.0	0.96	32.6	1.22	0.001
Sensitivity to light	51.2	1.31	41.0	1.35	44.2	1.22	n.s.
Double vision	26.2	0.44	13.0	0.40	16.3	0.52	n.s.
Restlessness	69.0	1.37	35.0	1.37	48.8	1.37	n.s.
Taking longer to think	74.1	1.05	41.0	1.83	48.8	0.85	0.005
Total score (mean)		27.32	28.33		25.15		n.s.