Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: what do parents of youth athletes know about it?
Jill Daugherty, Kelly Sarmiento
PMID 30296176WHAT IT FOUND
About 38% of parents of youth athletes reported being somewhat or very familiar with CTE.
Most preferred information from doctors or nurses, especially handouts, and few had received school or sports programme materials.
Key findings
01Among 674 parents of youth athletes, about 38% reported being somewhat or very familiar with CTE.
02Doctors and nurses were the preferred source of CTE information for 69.5% of parents.
03Only 18.3% had ever received CTE educational materials from a school or sports programme.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they found
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What it does not show
The analysed group was a convenience sample of parents from an online survey panel, not a representative sample of all parents of youth athletes. The sample was relatively affluent and mostly married, so views may not reflect less wealthy or differently structured families. Parents rated their own familiarity with CTE, so the survey measured perceived knowledge rather than tested knowledge. The questions focused only on sports-related causes of CTE, so results do not describe awareness of other exposures such as violence or blasts. The survey did not include children, coaches, or athletes, so it does not show what other stakeholders know.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not use these percentages to judge CTE risk or to assume all parents of young athletes are uninformed. The sample was a convenience group of parents from an online panel, familiarity was self-reported, and questions focused only on sports-related causes.