Social Support Patterns of Collegiate Athletes Before and After Injury

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• Personal Author:
  Foster DT ; Heiden E ; Lowe JB ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Yang J
• Description:
  Context: Social support has been identified as an important factor in facilitating recovery from injury. However, no previous authors have prospectively assessed the change in social support patterns before and after injury. Objective: To examine the preinjury and postinjury social support patterns among male and female collegiate athletes. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: A Big Ten Conference university. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 256 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I male and female collegiate athletes aged 18 or older from 13 sports teams. Main Outcome Measure(s): Injury incidence was identified using the Sports Injury Monitoring System. Social support was measured using the 6-item Social Support Questionnaire. Data on preinjury and postinjury social support patterns were compared. Results: Male athletes reported more sources of social support than female athletes, whereas female athletes had greater satisfaction with the support they received. Athletes' social support patterns changed after they became injured. Injured athletes reported relying more on coaches (P = .003), athletic trainers (P < .0001), and physicians (P = .003) for social support after they became injured. Athletes also reported greater postinjury satisfaction with social support received from friends (P = .019), coaches (P = .001), athletic trainers (P < .0001), and physicians (P = .003). Conclusions: Our findings identify an urgent need to better define the psychosocial needs of injured athletes and also strongly suggest that athletic trainers have a critical role in meeting these needs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Athletes Education Health Personnel Men Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Athletic Trainers Author Keywords: Psychology Humans Injuries Physicians Psychosocial Factors Questionnaires Sociological Factors Sports Injuries Sports Medicine Training

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• ISSN:
  1062-6050
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  372-379
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062780
• Citation:
  J Athl Train 2010 Jul/Aug; 45(4):372-379
• Contact Point Address:
  Jingzhen Yang, PhD, MPH, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E236 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Email:
  jingzhen-yang@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Athletic Training
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12832fa68b2f47293d4ffc41eb5416e7174b61e472867dac1755fb83dab22dcc89f227845a49840701de9c8a2cf8eaffd65e9f4b113948d3e6661a757885a2d7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225970/cdc_225970_DS1.pdf
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