Concussion assessment and management - What do community-level cricket participants know?

Autor: Kodikara D; Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia, Australia. Electronic address: d.kodikara@federation.edu.au., Plumb MS; School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQ University Australia, Australia; Federation University Australia, Australia., Twomey DM; Federation University Australia, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of science and medicine in sport [J Sci Med Sport] 2023 Sep; Vol. 26 (9), pp. 448-453. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.07.009
Abstrakt: Objectives: To explore Australian cricket participants' knowledge of concussion assessment and management, and awareness of current concussion guidelines.
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Methods: Novel and validated surveys were disseminated online, among over 16 year Australian cricket players and officials at the end of the 2018/19 cricket season. Data were collected on knowledge and awareness of concussion and analysed using descriptive statistics and crosstabulations. Further comparisons were made for the players between injured and non-injured, and helmet wearers and non-helmet wearers using Fisher's exact statistical test.
Results: Both players (n = 224, 93 %) and officials (n = 36, 100 %) demonstrated strong knowledge of the importance of immediately evaluating suspected concussions. In comparison with players without helmets (n = 11), those using helmets (n = 135) considered replacing their helmets after a concussion to be vital to concussion assessment (p = 0.02). Overall, 80-97 % of players and 81-97 % of officials understood the importance of many factors regarding concussion management. When concussion management knowledge was compared by injury status, injured players (n = 17, 94 %) believed someone with a concussion should be hospitalised immediately, in contrast to non-injured players (n = 154, 69 %) (p = 0.04). Players (63 %) were less aware of concussion guidelines than officials (81 %).
Conclusions: Overall, the knowledge of concussion assessment and management was satisfactory. However, there were discrepancies among players on some aspects of awareness of concussion guidelines. Increasing players' familiarity and experience in using the concussion guidelines is warranted. Targeted campaigns are needed to further improve concussion recognition and treatment at community-level cricket, so all participants play a role in making cricket a safe sport.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interest statement DK received research support through the Postgraduate Research Priority Area (RPA) Scholarship scheme of Federation University Australia for this project.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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