Illness and Injury Among Children Attending Summer Camp in the United States, 2005

Yard, Ellen E.; Scanlin, Margery M.; Erceg, Linda Ebner; Powell, Gwynn M.; Wilkins, J. R.; Knox, Christy L.; Comstock, R. Dawn

doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0834

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“…20,21 The study included recreational overnight and day camps nationwide, and the injuries and illnesses experienced by campers were described. However, the nature of the camps differed from that of the sport camps, which may render the study's findings and conclusions ungeneralizable to the summer sport-camp setting.…”

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“…Therefore, sports health care and medical personnel should be prepared to recognize and treat illnesses in addition to injuries. 21 As indicated in the ''Healthy Camp Study Impact Report,'' 24 a document published by the American Camp Association, surveillance at summer camps can help to identify preventable injury or illness events. The study's authors provided educational material to camp staff members, campers, and campers' parents relative to topics such as hand washing, proper footwear, and adequate nutrition and rest.…”

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Injury and Illness Epidemiology at a Summer Sport-Camp Program, 2008 Through 2011

Oller

Buckley

Sebastianelli

et al. 2015

Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: University-sponsored summer sport camps often employ athletic trainers; however, there is a dearth of epidemiologic studies describing the injury and illness experience of sport-camp participants to guide clinicians.Objective: To describe the injury and illness experience of youth participants at a university-sponsored summer sport-camp program during a 4-year period.Design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Setting: A National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I university that sponsored 76 to 81 camps for 28 sports each summer.Patients or Other Participants: A total of 44 499 camp participants enrolled during the 4 years. Male and female participants ranged in age from 10 to 17 years and in athletic skill from novice to elite.Main Outcome Measure(s): Data from handwritten injury and illness log books, maintained by sports health care personnel, were accessed retrospectively, entered into an electronic spreadsheet, and coded. Data were applied to the National Athletic Injury/Illness Reporting System. ParticipantÀpersonnel contacts, defined as any instance when a participant sought health care services from personnel, were calculated per 100 participants. Injury and illness rates were calculated per 10 000 exposures, measured in participant-days. The distribution of injury and illness conditions and affected body regions were calculated.Results: There were 11 735 contacts, for an overall rate of 26 per 100 participants, and 4949 injuries and illnesses, for a rate of 1 per 10 000 participant-days. Participants at single-sex camps were less likely to sustain injuries and illnesses than participants at coeducational camps (rate ratio [RR] ¼ 0.49; 95% confidence interval ¼ 0.45, 0. 35; P , .001, and RR ¼ 0.47; 95% confidence interval ¼ 0.43, 0.51; P , .001, respectively). The lower extremity was injured most frequently (27.9%). Most injury and illness conditions were dermatologic (37.1%).Conclusions: The contact and injury and illness differences observed among sports and between sexes demonstrated potential differences in the sports health care needs of camp participants. These data can be used to make evidence-based clinical decisions, such as determining injury-prevention strategies and sports health care staffing needs.Key Words: injury and illness surveillance, sports health care, youth sports Key PointsInjury and illness surveillance at university-sponsored summer sport-camp programs is needed. Sports health care coverage is essential at university-sponsored summer sport-camp programs. The findings from this study may be used to help establish best-practice standards as a means to guide sports health care services and personnel operating in this distinctive environment.

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Injury and Illness Epidemiology at a Summer Sport-Camp Program, 2008 Through 2011

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Buckley

Sebastianelli

et al. 2015

Journal of Athletic Training

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“…27 The RIO, Internetbased, injury surveillance system has been used successfully in several other projects, including studies of US high school rugby-related injuries, other types of US high school sports-related injuries, and illnesses and injuries among campers and staff members at US summer camps. 6,[28][29][30][31] All US high schools with a Board of Certificationcertified and National Athletic Trainers' Association-affiliated certified athletic trainer (ATC) with a valid email address (n ϭ 4120 in [2005][2006] 32 and enrollment size (Ͻ1000 or Ն1000 students). Schools were randomly selected from each stratum, to obtain a nationally representative study sample of 100 high schools each year.…”

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Epidemiological Features of High School Baseball Injuries in the United States, 2005–2007

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“…2,3 Conclusions from these data, however, may not be able to be appropriately generalized to sport camps. The camps were recreational camps.…”

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“…Description of the medical facilities to which participants are referred may help guide the delivery of sports medicine services provided by physicians. 1 Previous camp studies have focused on recreational camps [2][3][4] and camps for children with specific medical conditions. [5][6][7] The health care needs of such campers are likely different from those of youth athletes at sport camps.…”

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Injury/Illness Physician Referral Profile From a Youth University-Sponsored Summer Sport Camp Program

Oller

Vairo

Sebastianelli

et al. 2013

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Participation at university-sponsored summer sport camps is popular among youth athletes; however, there is a dearth of information to describe the injuries/illnesses experienced by camp participants. Data from a university-sponsored sport camp program from 2008 to 2011 were accessed retrospectively. The sport camp program had approximately 80 camps for 28 sports over 12 weeks annually. Male and female participants were 10 to 17 years old. Athletic trainers maintained medical documentation and provided medical referrals. Referrals were made for 9.9% (n=478) of all injuries/illnesses. Emergency department referrals were made for 2.9% of injuries/illnesses. University health services received 42.5% of referrals. There were 1.1 referrals per 100 participants. Boys comprised 60.7% of referrals. Rugby had the highest referral rate--5.0 per 100 participants. These data help increase physician preparedness and guide the delivery of sports medicine services for related sport camp programs as a means to improve quality of care delivered to participants.

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Illness and Injury Among Children Attending Summer Camp in the United States, 2005

Cited by 28 publications

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Injury and Illness Epidemiology at a Summer Sport-Camp Program, 2008 Through 2011

Injury and Illness Epidemiology at a Summer Sport-Camp Program, 2008 Through 2011

Epidemiological Features of High School Baseball Injuries in the United States, 2005–2007

Injury/Illness Physician Referral Profile From a Youth University-Sponsored Summer Sport Camp Program

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