Examination of sports and recreation-related concussion among youth ages 12-17: results from the 2018 YouthStyles survey.
Kelly Sarmiento, Jill Daugherty, Lara DePadilla and 1 others
PMID 32013618WHAT IT FOUND
Among U.S. youth reporting a sports or recreation concussion, 69.2% were checked by a doctor or nurse.
Care-seeking was lower after community or non-team injuries than after school team injuries.
Key findings
0114% of surveyed youth reported a lifetime sports- or recreation-related concussion, and among those, 63.6% reported one concussion and 36.4% reported two or more.
0269.2% of youth with a reported most recent sports- or recreation-related concussion were checked by a doctor or nurse; post-hoc analysis showed 85.7% in school-based sports saw a doctor or nurse, compared with 56.5% in community sports and 56.1% in non-team activities.
03About half of respondents with a reported concussion had to miss at least one activity; 45.3% missed sports or physical activity for at least one day, 19.7% missed phone or computer use and school, and 18.8% missed hanging out with friends.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they found
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What it does not show
The survey used a convenience sample of youth whose parents were in a web panel. The authors said results may not be generalizable to all U.S. youth. Only 845 youth qualified from 1,759 sampled parents. The completion rate was 48.0%. The questions asked whether activities were missed for one or more days, not how many days. Concussion history and care-seeking were self-reported and could be affected by recall.
Declared interests
Porter Novelli, a public relations firm contracted by CDC, designed and implemented the survey. CDC licensed the data, and the authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not use this survey to estimate the true national number of youth concussions or to conclude that school sports cause better care. The study used a convenience sample, self-report, and recall, and the authors said results may not be generalizable.