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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the Child Sport Concussion Assessment Tool – 5th Edition (Child SCAT5) scores

From: The Clinical Utility of the Child SCAT5 for Acute Concussion Assessment

 

Concussed

Non-concussed

Group Comparisons

Child SCAT5 Component

Range

M

SD

Md

IQR

Range

M

SD

Md

IQR

P

r

Symptoms

Total Number

1–20

8.0

5.50

6.0

4–12

0–19

3.7

3.97

2.0

1–5

 < .001

0.45

Total Severity

1–47

12.1

10.47

7.5

5–17

0–31

5.0

6.01

3.0

1–9

 < .001

0.44

SAC-C

Immediate Memory

6–15

13.6

1.46

14.0

13–15

9–15

13.7

1.47

14.0

13–15

.582

0.06

Concentration

2–6

3.9

0.65

4.0

4–4

2–6

4.0

1.02

4.0

3–5

.896

0.01

Delayed Recall

2–5

3.5

1.38

4.0

3–5

1–5

3.7

1.06

4.0

3–5

.684

0.05

Composite Score

13–24

21.0

2.61

21.5

20–23

16–26

21.5

2.48

22.0

19–23

.542

0.07

mBESS

Double Leg

0–2

0.2

0.50

0.0

0–0

0–0

0.0

0.00

0.0

0–0

.046

0.23

Single Leg

1–10

5.5

3.12

5.5

3–8

0–10

4.0

2.85

3.0

2–6

.035

0.24

Tandem Leg

0–10

2.2

2.36

1.5

1–3

0–10

1.6

1.83

1.0

0–2

.398

0.10

Total Score

1–20

7.8

4.53

7.5

4–11

1–20

5.6

4.17

5.0

2–7

.022

0.26

  1. SAC-C = Standardized Assessment of Concussion—Child Version, mBESS = Modified Balance Error Scoring System, M = mean, SD = standard deviation, Md = median, IQR = interquartile range (25th to 75th percentile), r = effect size
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