Evaluating the Effect of Concussion-Education Programs on Intent to Report Concussion in High School Football.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Concussion underreporting leads to delays in diagnosis and treatment, prolonging recovery time. Athletes' self-reporting of concussion symptoms, therefore, reduces risk.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of 3 concussion-education programs in improving concussion-reporting intention.

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

Three high schools in California.

Patients or other participants

A total of 118 male football players (age = 14.88 ± 1.19 years).

Intervention(s)

Participants were randomly assigned to receive concussion education via CrashCourse (CC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) video education materials (CDC-Vi), or CDC written education materials (CDC-Wr).

Main outcome measure(s)

The prima

SUBMITTER: Daneshvar DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582631 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature