TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Southern African parents' concussion knowledge and intention to report youth athletes
JO  - Archives of clinical neuropsychology
A1  - Lonsdale, Louise C.
A1  - Ernst, William
A1  - Fetterman, Joshua
A1  - Kneavel, Meredith
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0887-6177
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acad067.172
ID  - ref1
ER  -