Content analysis of concussion education for coaches of youth and high school sport

Perlin, Amit; Kroshus, Emily

doi:10.1080/02699052.2020.1755894

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“…26 Another potential use includes using the data to inform and tailor health maintenance and injury prevention education programs for student-athletes, coaches, parents, athletic trainers, and team physicians, as has been performed successfully with concussion research and education programs. [27][28][29] The data may also be used to direct future research efforts toward diagnoses with higher prevalence and therefore greater impact within this population.…”

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Medical Diagnoses in a University Athlete Training Room Clinic

McMurray

Reinke

Riboh

et al. 2021

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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Introduction: Approximately 560 000 student-athletes participate in university athletic programs every year. These athletes develop a variety of medical injuries and illnesses during their time at the university. There is currently a paucity of data with regarding medical encounters in a dedicated university athlete training room clinic. Objective: This study aims to provide data regarding medical diagnoses from a university athlete training room clinic. Study design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Setting: University athlete training room clinic. Patients: University athletes. Methods: The electronic medical record for a year-round, athlete-only training room clinic at a private US university was reviewed. Athlete age, sex, sport, date of medical encounter, and encounter diagnoses across 5 calendar years were recorded; medical diagnoses were then manually stratified into diagnostic categories and subgroups. Results: A total of 1258 university athletes were evaluated during 5303 medical encounters. Approximately two-thirds of athletes were evaluated one or more times per year. Average number of encounters per athlete per year was 2.2 (0.6-3.8, 95% confidence interval). The football team accounted for the greatest number of encounters (15.2% of total encounters). The most common medical diagnosis category was otorhinolaryngology (30.6% of total diagnoses). The most common diagnosis subgroup was upper respiratory infection (14.8% of total diagnoses). Conclusions: Approximately two-thirds of athletes were evaluated annually with an average of 2 encounters per athlete per year. Upper respiratory infection represented the most common individual diagnosis. The results reported in this study may be useful in directing future care and research of university athletes.

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Medical Diagnoses in a University Athlete Training Room Clinic

McMurray

Reinke

Riboh

et al. 2021

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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“…8 Studies show that overall, concussion knowledge among coaches who access and complete concussion training is high 9 and coach communication and views on concussion influence those of their athletes. 10 However, less is known about whether and how often coaches discuss concussion safety with their athletes.…”

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Provision of Concussion Information From Coaches and the Presence of Athletic Trainers: Findings From the 2021 YouthStyles Survey

Daugherty

Waltzman

Sarmiento

2023

Journal of Athletic Training

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Coaches play an important role in concussion safety and their views on concussion influence those of their athletes and athletes' reporting behaviors. This 2021 survey of youth examined how often coaches provide concussion safety information to their athletes and the association between the presence of athletic trainers (ATs) at a team's games and practices and coaches' provision of concussion information to athletes. More than 4 in 10 youth who played sports reported that their coaches did not provide any sort of concussion education/information to them in the past 12 months. Among those youth who always/sometimes had ATs at practices or games, 76.3% received some type of coach education on concussion in the past 12 months, compared to 31.9% of those who rarely/never had ATs at practices or games (p<0.0001). Increasing access to ATs and adapting current concussion trainings and educational materials for coaches to increase coach-athlete communication may be beneficial.

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“…Problematically, estimates suggest more than half of athletes who experience concussion symptoms continue playing, and either never receive medical attention or receive delayed care 6. Consequently, nearly all organisations that administer contact and collision sport in the USA, at levels ranging from youth to college, require some form of concussion education for athletes aimed at encouraging symptom self-report 7…”

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Concussion education for youth athletes using Pre-Game Safety Huddles: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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ObjectivesDetermine whether Pre-Game Safety Huddles, a novel and low-resource approach to concussion education, increase the expected likelihood of concussion reporting for youth athletes.MethodsA cluster-randomised trial compared Safety Huddles to usual care. Safety Huddles bring together athletes and coaches from both teams before the start of each game for coaches to briefly affirm the importance of speaking up if a concussion is suspected. Participants were athletes from 22 competitive community-based American football and girls and boys soccer teams (ages 9–14), and randomisation into intervention or control occurred at the level of the bracket (group of teams that compete against each other during the regular season). The primary outcome was expected likelihood of reporting concussion symptoms to the coach, measured via validated athlete survey at the beginning and end of the season.ResultsOf 343 eligible participants, 339 (99%) completed baseline surveys and 303 (88%) completed surveys at season end. The mean (SD) age was 11.4 (1.1) years, 26% were female soccer athletes, 27% were male soccer athletes and 47% were football athletes. In adjusted analyses accounting for baseline values and clustering by sport and team via random effects, expected likelihood of concussion reporting at the end of the season was significantly higher in the intervention group compared to controls (mean difference=0.49, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.88; Cohen’s d=0.35).Conclusions and relevancePre-Game Safety Huddles increased the expected likelihood of athletes reporting concussion symptoms. While further study is warranted, sport organisations should consider this approach a promising low-resource option for improving concussion safety in their setting.Trial registration numberNCT04099329.

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Content analysis of concussion education for coaches of youth and high school sport

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Medical Diagnoses in a University Athlete Training Room Clinic

Medical Diagnoses in a University Athlete Training Room Clinic

Provision of Concussion Information From Coaches and the Presence of Athletic Trainers: Findings From the 2021 YouthStyles Survey

Concussion education for youth athletes using Pre-Game Safety Huddles: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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