@article{ref1,
title="Southern African parents' concussion knowledge and intention to report youth athletes",
journal="Archives of clinical neuropsychology",
year="2023",
author="Lonsdale, Louise C. and Ernst, William and Fetterman, Joshua and Kneavel, Meredith",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine Southern African parents' concussion knowledge and intention to report in youth athletes. <br><br>METHOD: A diverse sample of 48 Southern African parents of youth athletes ages 5-18 completed an online survey. Recruitment included: 1) contacting school administrations to forward the survey to parents and 2) a social media post. The Concussion Knowledge Checklist (CKC) consists of 27 items, 19 true and eight false symptoms, with a score range of 0-54. The Intention to Report Scale consists of seven questions on a Likert scale, with a score range of 7-49. Higher scores indicate greater knowledge and intention to report, respectively. <br><br>RESULTS: CKC score (M = 37.24; SD = 7.1) indicates a moderate degree of concussion knowledge. Certain symptoms (i.e., blurred vision) were accurately endorsed at a high rate (83%). Conversely, affective symptoms, such as more emotional, were accurately endorsed at a low rate (25%). The Intention to Report Scale score (M = 40.98; SD = 5.97) suggests a moderate to strong degree of participants' intention to report. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Participants indicated a moderate degree of concussion knowledge. However, variability was evidenced by some symptoms (e.g., blurred vision) endorsed at a high rate and others, for example, more emotional, at a low rate. These findings have possible implications for concussion education. The Intention to Report Scale indicated a moderate to strong degree of parents' intention to report their children with a suspected concussion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6177",
doi="10.1093/arclin/acad067.172",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acad067.172"
}