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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Determine whether Pre-Game Safety Huddles, a novel and low-resource approach to concussion education, increase the expected likelihood of concussion reporting for youth athletes.

Methods

A 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 r

SUBMITTER: Kroshus E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877103 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature