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If you've got a kid who's just had a concussion, it might be a good idea to get him back to school as soon as possible.
That's the takeaway from a new study out of Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, that looked at more than 1,600 kids ages 5 to 18, all of whom were treated in Canada's nine pediatric emergency departments over a 14-day period.
Reporting in the journal JAMA Network Open, the researchers found that kids who went back to school on the first day after a concussion were less likely to experience specific symptoms than kids who went back to school two to five days later.
"We know that absence from school can be detrimental to youth in many ways and for many reasons," the study's lead author says in a press release.
"This helps us feel reassured that returning to some normal activities after a concussionlike going to schoolis ultimately beneficial."
The early return to school was associated with a lower symptom burden in the 8 to 12 age group and a higher symptom burden in the 13 to 18 age group, per the study.
"The earlier a child can return to school with good symptom management strategies and with appropriate academic supports, the better that we think that their recovery be," says the
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