The research team will investigate the effect of this new ED Positive Assurance discharge intervention video on state anxiety and clinical recovery outcomes in pediatric patients with mTBI. A sample of adolescent and young adult patients (13-21yrs) will be recruited for participation that present to the IFH Pediatrics ED (PED) with confirmed mTBI diagnosis and receive specialty referral to the Inova Sports Medicine Concussion Program for follow-up care. Investigators will employ a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to enroll two groups of mTBI patients: 1) a group that receives the video intervention (EDUC), and 2) a group that receives standard discharge instructions (i.e., treatment as usual: TAU).
This study will develop and validate a new ED discharge educational video that provides positive assurance about mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recovery for patients with mTBI.