Oddo Anthony, O'Conor Ellen, Shore Sarah, Piraino Mary, Gibney Kyla, Tsao Jack, Stanfill Ansley Grimes
Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Front Neurol. 2019 Jul 5;10:698. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00698. eCollection 2019.
In order to better understand how to identify and treat student-athletes who experience concussions, better insight into reporting behavior of athletes is needed. This study aims to identify information influencing athletes' attitudes toward reporting their concussions and the perceived trajectory of their recovery both athletically and academically. Twenty-five former high school and collegiate athletes who experienced concussions in a wide variety of sports, organizational levels, and time periods gave insight through structured, qualitative interviews. A number of factors regarding education about concussions, proper diagnosis of concussions, and motivational pressures within high school and collegiate athletics were assessed. Eight major themes were identified regarding the participants' experiences with sport-related concussion: optimism bias, invisibility of the injury, diagnostic barriers, desire to play, external support and pressures, uncertainty of long-term prognosis, generational factors, and protection of future athletes. The findings support that underreporting of concussions among those players interviewed is related to misperceived risk, lack of education, and a struggle between internal and external pressures to play through injury. However, those who did seek medical and academic support, often did receive the necessary aid.
为了更好地理解如何识别和治疗遭受脑震荡的学生运动员，需要对运动员的报告行为有更深入的了解。本研究旨在确定影响运动员报告脑震荡态度的信息，以及他们在运动和学业方面恢复的感知轨迹。25名曾在各种运动项目、组织级别和时间段经历过脑震荡的前高中和大学运动员通过结构化的定性访谈提供了见解。评估了有关脑震荡教育、脑震荡正确诊断以及高中和大学体育中的动机压力等若干因素。关于参与者与运动相关脑震荡的经历，确定了八个主要主题：乐观偏差、损伤的不可见性、诊断障碍、参赛意愿、外部支持和压力、长期预后的不确定性、代际因素以及对未来运动员的保护。研究结果表明，接受采访的运动员中脑震荡报告不足与风险认知错误、缺乏教育以及带伤参赛的内外压力之间的矛盾有关。然而，那些确实寻求医疗和学业支持的人通常确实得到了必要的帮助。
