Background: Traumatic brain injury is the main cause of death in the population
under the age of 45 years, and the fourth leading cause of death in the entire of
population. Based on the degree of traumatic brain injury, it is commonly categorized
based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) is the
set of somatic, emotional / behavioral and cognitive symptoms that occur after a
traumatic brain injury. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence and
correlation of the degree of traumatic brain injury based on the Glasgow Coma Scale
(GCS) and the emersion of Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) acute onset in patients
with head injuries Method: This study was a cross-sectional analytic study of
patients who experienced Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) after traumatic brain
injury at DR. M. Djamil Hospital Padang in 2020 from June to November 2020. Data
were collected by filling in a questionnaire (The Rivermead Post Concussion
Symptoms Questionnaire) and medical record data of neurosurgical patients that
met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Result: : It indicated that 70 patients were
included in the inclusion criteria of this study. A total of 38 (54.3) respondents did
not undergo the acute onset of PCS, meanwhile respondents who experienced acute
onset of PCS were 32 (45.7) respondents. The results showed that 25 (67.6%)
respondents with mild traumatic brain injury had PCS acute onset, while 4 (17.4%)
respondents with moderate degree of traumatic brain injury had PCS acute onset,
and 4 (17.4%) respondents had PCS acute onset PCS 3 (30%) respondents
experienced severe traumatic brain injury with acute onset PCS and statistically the
difference in the proportion of data from each of these variables was significant with
a p-value of 0.0001. The results of statistical tests showed that p value> 0.05 on the
correlation between PCS and GCS, thus, it can be concluded that there was no
correlation between the direction of the relationship between PCS and GCS.
Conclusion There was no correlation between the degree of traumatic brain injury
based on GCS and the incidence of PCS acute onset, either it was unidirectional or
vice versa in patients with head injuries at RSUP M. Djamil Padang.