Topolovec-Vranic Jane, Zhang Stanley, Wong Hatty, Lam Emily, Jing Rowan, Russell Kelly, Cusimano Michael D
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and Trauma and Neurosurgery Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Faculty of Medicine (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
PLoS One. 2015 Nov 4;10(11):e0141699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141699. eCollection 2015.
To evaluate the awareness of concussion-related symptoms amongst members of the sports community in Canada.
A cross-sectional national electronic survey was conducted. Youth athletes, parents, coaches and medical professionals across Canada were recruited through mailing lists from sports-related opt-in marketing databases. Participants were asked to identify, from a list of options, the symptoms of a concussion. The proportion of identified symptoms (categorized as physical, cognitive, mental health-related and overall) as well as participant factors associated with symptom recognition were analyzed.
The survey elicited 6,937 responses. Most of the respondents (92.1%) completed the English language survey, were male (57.7%), 35-54 years of age (61.7%), with post-secondary education (58.2%), or high reported yearly household income (>$80,000; 53.0%). There were respondents from all provinces and territories with the majority of respondents from Ontario (35.2%) or British Columbia (19.1%). While participants identified most of the physical (mean = 84.2% of symptoms) and cognitive (mean = 91.2% of symptoms), they on average only identified 53.5% of the mental health-related symptoms of concussions. Respondents who were older, with higher education and household income, or resided in the Northwest Territories or Alberta identified significantly more of the mental health-related symptoms listed.
While Canadian youth athletes, parents, coaches and medical professionals are able to identify most of the physical and cognitive symptoms associated with concussion, identification of mental health-related symptoms of concussion is still lagging.
评估加拿大体育界成员对脑震荡相关症状的认知情况。
开展了一项全国性横断面电子调查。通过与体育相关的选择加入营销数据库的邮件列表，招募了加拿大各地的青少年运动员、家长、教练和医学专业人员。要求参与者从一系列选项中识别脑震荡的症状。分析了所识别症状的比例（分为身体、认知、心理健康相关和总体症状）以及与症状识别相关的参与者因素。
该调查共获得6937份回复。大多数受访者（92.1%）完成了英语语言调查，男性占57.7%，年龄在35 - 54岁之间的占61.7%，拥有高等教育学历的占58.2%，或家庭年收入较高（>80,000加元；53.0%）。所有省份和地区均有受访者，其中大多数受访者来自安大略省（35.2%）或不列颠哥伦比亚省（19.1%）。虽然参与者识别出了大多数身体症状（平均占症状的84.2%）和认知症状（平均占症状的91.2%），但他们平均仅识别出了53.5%的脑震荡心理健康相关症状。年龄较大、教育程度和家庭收入较高或居住在西北地区或艾伯塔省的受访者识别出的所列心理健康相关症状明显更多。
虽然加拿大青少年运动员、家长、教练和医学专业人员能够识别出大多数与脑震荡相关的身体和认知症状，但对脑震荡心理健康相关症状的识别仍存在滞后。
