Erby Ruth, Heard Robert, O'Loughlin Kate
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia.
Work. 2010;36(2):181-92. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1019.
To pilot an injury reporting form designed for use in Australian surf lifesaving; the need for such a form is to meet legislative requirements and as an initial step in developing an injury prevention program for volunteer surf lifesavers [4].
Competitors at the National Surf Life Saving Championships (NSLSC) held at Kurrawa Beach, Queensland, in 1998/1999 who reported to the medical tent over the course of the five-day event. Twenty-five volunteers of varying experience staffed the medical tent and included one paramedic coordinator, two doctors, three nurses, three physiotherapists and 16 first-aid officers.
An injury reporting form was designed using the Australian Sports Injury Data Dictionary [1] and pilot tested at the NSLSC in 1998/1999. The layout and format were based on similar forms used in other sports (eg skiing) with a number of the items altered to be more specific to surf lifesaving competition events. Four strategies were used to assess if the form provided interpretable data: number of forms returned; completeness of data recorded in each section; detailed analysis of difficulties in coding and entering data; detailed feedback from the medical tent personnel about the usability of the form.
A total of 433 completed forms were returned and from these both descriptive and injury incidence data were obtained. Medical tent personnel reported the form to be generally usable, though they suggested some changes to it.
The injury reporting form was found to be an effective tool to describe injuries and calculate injury incidence. Following minor revisions, a modified form was designed to improve the quality and accuracy of the information obtained; this form has been used nationally since 2001.
试用一种专为澳大利亚冲浪救生设计的伤病报告表；需要这样一种表格是为了满足立法要求，并作为为志愿冲浪救生员制定伤病预防计划的第一步[4]。
1998/1999年在昆士兰州库拉瓦海滩举行的全国冲浪救生锦标赛（NSLSC）的参赛者，他们在为期五天的赛事中前往医疗帐篷报到。25名经验各异的志愿者在医疗帐篷工作，包括一名护理人员协调员、两名医生、三名护士、三名物理治疗师和16名急救人员。
使用澳大利亚运动损伤数据词典[1]设计了一份伤病报告表，并于1998/1999年在NSLSC进行了试点测试。其布局和格式基于其他运动（如滑雪）中使用的类似表格，同时对一些项目进行了修改，使其更具体地适用于冲浪救生比赛项目。采用了四种策略来评估该表格是否能提供可解读的数据：返回表格的数量；各部分记录数据的完整性；对编码和输入数据困难的详细分析；医疗帐篷人员对表格可用性的详细反馈。
共返回433份完整表格，并从中获得了描述性数据和伤病发生率数据。医疗帐篷人员报告称该表格总体上可用，不过他们建议进行一些修改。
发现伤病报告表是描述伤病情况和计算伤病发生率的有效工具。经过小幅修订后，设计了一种改进表格以提高所获信息的质量和准确性；自2001年以来，这种表格已在全国范围内使用。
