Abstract
Objective: The goal of this research was to assess the effectiveness of available concussion educational resources in Canada, the means used to disseminate this knowledge and the impact of these educational resources on players' concussion prevention knowledge.Methods: We assessed concussion knowledge before and after exposure to one or more of 19 resources introduced through a national program aimed to increase awareness and knowledge of concussion. The effectiveness of the mode of delivery was measured by changes in concussion knowledge scores (CKS) between pre and pro scores.Measures: Concussion knowledge scores (CKS) were calculated for pre- and post- exposure to concussion educational resources and used as a measure of both, the effectiveness of each resource as well as the effectiveness of the delivery method. The effectiveness of each educational resource was also measured by the respondents' rating of each concussion educational resource.Results: Respondents in post-survey had higher CKS than those in pre-survey. Two out of the 19 newly developed concussion educational resources were effective in improving the resource users' CKS. Linear regression showed that using more resources further increased CKS. Four out of six modes of delivery enhanced respondents' concussion knowledge.Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that the newly developed Canadian concussion educational resources were effective at improving users' concussion knowledge. Our data demonstrates that using three or more resources further enhanced the users' concussion knowledge. Future research, however, is critical to assess whether concussion prevention knowledge is sufficient to reduce injuries and factors influencing it.
Highlights
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern [1] and a “silent epidemic” [2] that affects approximately 1.7 million people in the United States each year from which about 275,000 are hospitalized and 52,000 die [3]
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) engaged four Partners consisting of Hockey Canada (HC), Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), and Think First to develop various concussion educational resources and survey thousands of Canadians about these resources
This study reports on the results of two Canadian crosssectional surveys that were administered before and after the respondents’ exposure to concussion educational resources
Summary
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern [1] and a “silent epidemic” [2] that affects approximately 1.7 million people in the United States each year from which about 275,000 are hospitalized and 52,000 die [3]. Only 11 studies provided conclusive evidence supporting the effectiveness of increasing concussion knowledge or awareness by educational intervention Delivery of this knowledge was achieved through mobile app, or pamphlet [15], website [16], information sheet or seminar/presentation [17,18,19], physical education class [20], poster or other formats [21,22,23,24,25]. Overall little information exists to evaluate concussion educational resources with the ultimate goal to better translate concussion knowledge to the general public To this end, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) engaged four Partners consisting of Hockey Canada (HC), Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), and Think First ( a part of Parachute) to develop various concussion educational resources and survey thousands of Canadians about these resources. We hypothesized that exposure to concussion educational resources would improve participants’ knowledge and understanding of concussion
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