Examination of sports and recreation-related concussion among youth ages 12–17: results from the 2018 YouthStyles survey

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• Alternative Title:
  Brain Inj
• Personal Author:
  Sarmiento, Kelly ; Daugherty, Jill ; DePadilla, Lara ; Breiding, Matthew J.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  This paper sought to examine the frequency of self-reported sports- and recreation-related (SRR) concussion, as well as care-seeking behaviors and potential activity restrictions after concussions, in a sample of youth.
  
  Methods:
  
  A sample of 845 youth ages 12–17 years responded to the web-based YouthStyles survey in 2018. The survey measured the frequency of self-reported lifetime SRR concussion, the setting of their most recent SRR concussion, whether a doctor or nurse evaluated them, and the types of activity restrictions they experienced.
  
  Results:
  
  Forty-three percent of youth surveyed sustained their most recent concussion while playing on a sports team, 21.1% while playing on a community-based team, and 36.0% while engaged in a sport or recreational activity. Nearly half (45.3%) reported having to miss playing sports or participating in physical activity for at least one day; about two in ten (19.7%) reported having to miss time on their phone or computer for at least one day.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  Despite wide-spread efforts to promote protocols for SRR concussion among youth, a third of participants in this study did not seek medical care and more than half did not miss at least one day of sports or physical activity participation following a concussion.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Athletic Injuries Brain Concussion Child Exercise Female Humans Male Sports Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Concussion Recreation Sport Team Youth
• Source:
  Brain Inj. 34(3):357-362
• Pubmed ID:
  32013618
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7233795
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f82eaf30235378d00a1c9d51930828188f75201e8b772cfe86bf1789d0c2986f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/88159/cdc_88159_DS1.pdf
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