Collegiate Athletes' Concussion Awareness, Understanding, and -Reporting Behaviors in Different Countries With Varying Concussion Publicity.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Concussions are a global public health concern, and education on the importance of self-reporting may not reach all athletes to the same degree around the world.

Objective

To determine if differences were present in the concussion awareness, understanding, and -reporting behaviors of collegiate athletes' in 3 countries with varied degrees of concussion publicity.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Collegiate sports medicine clinics.

Patients or other participants

Collegiate athletes in the United States (n = 964; high publicity), Ireland (n = 302; moderate publicity), and Jordan (n = 129; low publicity). The degree of concussion publicity was categorized based on the extent of national public health awareness initiatives, care guidelines, res

SUBMITTER: Beidler E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863604 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature