The behaviour of children one year after a head injury

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dc.contributor.advisorOxtoby, Richarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNewman, Evelyn Elizabethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T10:01:22Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T10:01:22Z
dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 117-128.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the behavioural sequelae in 116 subjects aged between 5 and 14 years 1 year after a head injury. Subjects were selected from consecutive admissions to trauma units on the basis of neurological criteria. Severity of injury was graded according to duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA). There were 53 children in the Moderate group with PTA less than 24 hours; 37 children in the Severe group with PTA between 1 and 7 days and 26 children in the Very Severe group with PTA over 7 days. The head-injured subjects were matched for age, sex, ethnic group and socio-economic background with 37 Controls who had trauma not involving the head. There are two main objectives to this thesis. The first is to establish which of the behaviours present in the head-injured children at one year follow-up could be attributed to their head injury. This was achieved in two ways: By separating behaviours which presented for the first time in the post-traumatic period from those with a pre-traumatic origin and through the identification of other factors such as pre-morbid behaviour patterns and persistent psychosocial adversity which may have contributed to post-head injury behaviour patterns. The above two steps made it possible to determine the existence of a defined post-traumatic syndrome. The second main objective was simply to establish whether there was a dose-response relationship between the severity of the head injury and behavioural sequelae. The areas examined included physical complaints, developmental problems, activity levels, social problems, disturbances of mood and control, neurotic behaviour and mental symptoms.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNewman, E. E. (1991). <i>The behaviour of children one year after a head injury</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13540en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNewman, Evelyn Elizabeth. <i>"The behaviour of children one year after a head injury."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13540en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNewman, E. 1991. The behaviour of children one year after a head injury. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Newman, Evelyn Elizabeth AB - This study examines the behavioural sequelae in 116 subjects aged between 5 and 14 years 1 year after a head injury. Subjects were selected from consecutive admissions to trauma units on the basis of neurological criteria. Severity of injury was graded according to duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA). There were 53 children in the Moderate group with PTA less than 24 hours; 37 children in the Severe group with PTA between 1 and 7 days and 26 children in the Very Severe group with PTA over 7 days. The head-injured subjects were matched for age, sex, ethnic group and socio-economic background with 37 Controls who had trauma not involving the head. There are two main objectives to this thesis. The first is to establish which of the behaviours present in the head-injured children at one year follow-up could be attributed to their head injury. This was achieved in two ways: By separating behaviours which presented for the first time in the post-traumatic period from those with a pre-traumatic origin and through the identification of other factors such as pre-morbid behaviour patterns and persistent psychosocial adversity which may have contributed to post-head injury behaviour patterns. The above two steps made it possible to determine the existence of a defined post-traumatic syndrome. The second main objective was simply to establish whether there was a dose-response relationship between the severity of the head injury and behavioural sequelae. The areas examined included physical complaints, developmental problems, activity levels, social problems, disturbances of mood and control, neurotic behaviour and mental symptoms. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - The behaviour of children one year after a head injury TI - The behaviour of children one year after a head injury UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13540 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNewman EE. The behaviour of children one year after a head injury. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13540en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe behaviour of children one year after a head injuryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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