Diab N, Mourino A P
Pediatr Dent. 1997 Nov-Dec;19(8):455-60.
An 11-item, one-page questionnaire was mailed to 1800 parents chosen at random in the Henrico County, VA public school system. Parents were asked questions such as "who should be responsible for mouthguard wear?" "what sports should require mouthguards?" and "has [their] child ever sustained an oral or facial injury?" The parental responses indicate that mouthguard enforcement is the responsibility of both parents and coaches. Of the total injuries reported, 19% were sustained in basketball, 17% in baseball, and 11% in soccer. Despite these high injury rates, however, there was a lack of perceived need for mouthguard use in these sports. When asked which sports should require a mouthguard rule, the sports that generated the most responses were, in decreasing order, football, boxing, ice hockey, wrestling, field hockey, and karate. Parents were more likely to require mouthguards for their sons than daughters, and more likely to require them for their children who participated in a mandatory mouthguard sport, a contact sport, or who had been previously injured. The authors conclude that because parents view themselves as equally responsible as coaches for maintaining mouthguard use, both groups should be targeted and approached as a possible source for the recommendation of mandatory mouthguard rules in basketball, baseball, and soccer.
一份包含11个问题的单页调查问卷被邮寄给了弗吉尼亚州亨里科县公立学校系统中随机挑选的1800名家长。家长们被问及诸如“谁应该负责督促孩子佩戴护齿器？”“哪些运动应该要求佩戴护齿器？”以及“您的孩子是否曾遭受过口腔或面部损伤？”等问题。家长们的回答表明，督促孩子佩戴护齿器是家长和教练双方的责任。在报告的所有损伤中，19%发生在篮球运动中，17%发生在棒球运动中，11%发生在足球运动中。然而，尽管这些运动的受伤率很高，但人们认为在这些运动中使用护齿器的必要性不足。当被问及哪些运动应该制定护齿器使用规则时，得到回应最多的运动依次是橄榄球、拳击、冰球、摔跤、曲棍球和空手道。相比于女儿，家长更倾向于要求儿子佩戴护齿器；对于参与强制性佩戴护齿器运动、接触性运动或曾受过伤的孩子，家长也更倾向于要求他们佩戴护齿器。作者得出结论，由于家长认为自己与教练在督促孩子使用护齿器方面负有同等责任，因此在为篮球、棒球和足球运动推荐强制性护齿器规则时，应将这两个群体都作为目标对象并加以宣传。
