6/28/23, 10:12 PM Effect of Screen Time on Recovery from Concussion Pathway Feedback Search Clinical Topics Home Studies Effect of Screen Time on Recovery from Concussion Effect of Screen Time on Recovery from Concussion Disease Concussion Trial question What is the effect of screen time on patients who sustain a concussion? Study design Multi-center Open label RCT Population Characteristics of study participants 49.0% female N = 125 51.0% male 125 patients (61 female, 64 male) Inclusion criteria: patients aged 12 to 25 years presenting to the emergency department within 24 hours of sustaining a concussion Key exclusion criteria: intoxication, glasgow coma scale score < 15 points, intracranial abnormalities identified on imaging, preexisting intellectual disability, severe psychiatric illness, severe neurological conditions, substantial previous neurological surgery Interventions N=66 screen time permitted (screen time permission for 48 hours after injury) N=59 screen time abstinent (abstinence of screen time for 48 hours after injury) Primary outcome Median time until concussion recovery 8.0 days 8 https://web.pathway.md/studies/recFjj3Og0mhf1EMp 1/2 6/28/23, 10:12 PM Effect of Screen Time on Recovery from Concussion Pathway 6.0 days 4.0 days 3.5 2.0 days Significant increase 0.0 days Screen time permitted Screen time abstinent Significant increase in median time until concussion recovery (8 days vs. 3.5 days; AD 4.5 days, 95% CI 0.43 to 8.57) Secondary outcomes No significant difference in sleep duration on first 3 days (29 hours vs. 29 hours; RR 1, 95% CI 0 to 2) Conclusion In patients aged 12 to 25 years presenting to the emergency department within 24 hours of sustaining a concussion, screen time permitted was inferior to screen time abstinent with respect to median time until concussion recovery. Reference Theodore Macnow, Tess Curran, Courtney Tolliday et al. Effect of Screen Time on Recovery From Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Nov 1;175(11):1124-1131. Open reference URL https://web.pathway.md/studies/recFjj3Og0mhf1EMp 2/2