Procedures for assessing psychological predictors of injuries in circus artists: a pilot prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on psychological risk factors for injury has focused on stable traits. Our objective was to test the feasibility of a prospective longitudinal study designed to examine labile psychological states as risk factors of injury.

Methods

We measured psychological traits at baseline (mood, ways of coping and anxiety), and psychological states every day (1-item questions on anxiety, sleep, fatigue, soreness, self-confidence) before performances in Cirque du Soleil artists of the show "O". Additional questions were added once per week to better assess anxiety (20-item) and mood. Questionnaires were provided in English, French, Russian and Japanese. Injury and exposure data were extracted from electronic records that are kept as part of routine business practices.<

SUBMITTER: Shrier I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4064279 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature