Lamprecht und Stamm Sozialforschung und Beratung, Zurich CH, 8032, Switzerland; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel CH, 4052, Switzerland.
Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel CH, 4052, Switzerland.
J Sport Health Sci. 2020 May;9(3):240-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2018.08.001. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
Soccer injuries constitute an important public health problem and cause a high economic burden. Nevertheless, comprehensive data regarding injury costs in nonprofessional soccer are missing. The aim of this study was to determine which groups of nonprofessional soccer athletes, injury types, and injury situations caused high injury costs.
A cross-sectional, retrospective telephone survey was carried out with a random sample of persons who had sustained a soccer injury between July 2013 and June 2014 and who had reported this accident to the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva). One year after the corresponding accident, every injury was linked to its costs and to the answers obtained in the interview about injury setting, injury characteristics, and injury causes. Finally, the costs of 702 injuries were analyzed.
The average cost of an injury in nonprofessional soccer amounted to €4030 (bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval (BCa 95%CI): 3427-4719). Persons aged 30 years and older experienced 35% of soccer injuries but accounted for 49% of all costs. A total of 58% of all costs were the result of injuries that occurred during amateur games. In particular, game injuries sustained by players in separate leagues for players aged 30+/40+ years led to high average costs of €8190 (BCa 95%CI: 5036-11,645). Knee injuries accounted for 25% of all injuries and were responsible for 53% of all costs. Although contact and foul play did not lead to above-average costs, twisting or turning situations were highly cost relevant, leading to an average sum of €7710 (BCa 95%CI: 5376-10,466) per injury.
Nonprofessional soccer players aged 30 years and older and particularly players in 30+/40+ leagues had above-average injury costs. Furthermore, the prevention of knee injuries, noncontact and nonfoul play injuries, and injuries caused by twisting and turning should be of highest priority in decreasing health care costs.
足球损伤是一个重要的公共卫生问题，会造成高昂的经济负担。然而，关于非职业足球运动员的损伤成本的综合数据尚不清楚。本研究的目的是确定哪些非职业足球运动员群体、损伤类型和损伤情况导致了高的损伤成本。
采用横断面、回顾性电话调查，对 2013 年 7 月至 2014 年 6 月期间向瑞士国家意外保险基金（Suva）报告足球损伤事故的随机样本人员进行调查。在相应事故发生一年后，将每个损伤与获得的成本以及访谈中获得的损伤环境、损伤特征和损伤原因相关联。最后，分析了 702 例损伤的成本。
非职业足球运动员的平均损伤成本为 4030 欧元（校正和加速 95%置信区间（BCa 95%CI）：3427-4719）。30 岁及以上的人发生了 35%的足球损伤，但占所有成本的 49%。所有成本的 58%是业余比赛中发生的损伤造成的。特别是，30+/40+岁的运动员在单独联赛中发生的比赛损伤导致平均成本高达 8190 欧元（BCa 95%CI：5036-11645）。膝关节损伤占所有损伤的 25%，占所有成本的 53%。尽管接触和犯规行为没有导致高于平均水平的成本，但扭转或转动情况与高成本密切相关，导致每例损伤的平均费用为 7710 欧元（BCa 95%CI：5376-10466）。
30 岁及以上的非职业足球运动员，特别是 30+/40+岁联赛的运动员，其损伤成本高于平均水平。此外，预防膝关节损伤、非接触和非犯规损伤以及扭转损伤应是降低医疗保健成本的重中之重。
