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Trial reportJournal of athletic training2020

Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Peer Concussion-Education Program for Collegiate Athletes.

Meredith E Kneavel, William Ernst, Kevin S McCarthy

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Trial report in Journal of athletic training, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Concussion education for youth athletes using Pre-Game Safety Huddles: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2023
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  2. Engaging Teenage Grassroots Soccer Players in Sports-Related Concussion Education.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meredith E KneavelSchool of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA.
William ErnstCenter for Concussion Education and Research, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA.
Kevin S McCarthyCenter for Concussion Education and Research, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA.
Chestnut Hill College · USLa Salle University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe National Collegiate Athletic Association and US Department of Defense have called for educational programs to change the culture of concussion reporting, increase reporting behavior, and enhance the safety of players and service members.

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a novel peer concussion-education program (PCEP) in changing knowledge, attitudes, and norms about concussion reporting among collegiate student-athletes and assess program implementation.

designRandomized controlled trial and qualitative analysis of interviews.

settingNational Collegiate Athletic Association athletic teams from randomly selected colleges or universities. PATIENTS OR OTHER

participantsA total of 1614 male and female student-athletes from 60 teams at 10 colleges and universities and 8 athletic trainers. INTERVENTION(S): The PCEP intervention trains 2 peer concussion educators to provide 2 education modules to their teammates. Knowledge, attitudes (oneself and teammates), and concussion occurrence or reporting were assessed at baseline, postintervention, and 1 month later. Eight athletic trainers were interviewed about program implementation.

resultsCompared with the control group, the intervention group showed greater increases occurred postintervention and at 1 month in concussion knowledge (

conclusionsThe PCEP showed promise in increasing concussion knowledge, intention to report concussion, reporting a teammate's concussion, and facilitating attitudinal changes that support reporting among student-athletes.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticePeer GroupSelf ReportAdultAthletesAthletic InjuriesBrain ConcussionFemaleHumansIntentionMaleMiddle AgedProgram DevelopmentStudentsUnited StatesUniversitiesattitudesconcussion reportingmild traumatic brain injuriesrandomized trial

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PMID32298143
PMCPMC7249285
OpenAlexW3017160711

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