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NCT Number: NCT04099329

One Team: Changing the Culture of Youth Sport With Pregame Safety Huddles

Randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention (Pre-Game Safety Huddles) designed to study the impact of huddles on concussion safety in youth sport, primarily regarding intention to report concussive symptoms.

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Key information

Conditions

Concussion, Brain Brain Concussion Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Brain Injuries, Traumatic Central Nervous System Diseases Craniocerebral Trauma Head Injuries, Closed Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries Wounds, Nonpenetrating

Age range

11 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sara P Chrisman

Seattle, Washington, 98136, United States

About this study

More than 1 million youth sustain a sport-related concussion (SRC) each year. The middle school age range is particularly concerning because it is a time when children have both a unique susceptibility to brain injury and high participation rates in organized sports with concussion risk, such as soccer and football. There are two avenues to decrease concussion risk: (1) minimizing the number and force of collisions to decrease concussion incidence (primary prevention) and (2) improving concussion identification to decrease morbidity (secondary prevention). The goal of this study is to utilize Pre-Game Safety Huddles to discuss sportsmanship (primary prevention) and concussion reporting (secondary prevention) with a goal of improving concussion safety.

To assess the efficacy of Pre-Game Safety Huddles as a tool for injury prevention, we will conduct a Randomized controlled trial with youth sport teams. We will recruit leagues in the Seattle area (girls' soccer, boys' soccer and football) and randomize them to either intervention or control. Coaches in the intervention group will then be trained to lead Pre-Game Safety Huddles before each game over the course of the season (9-12 weeks). Youth and coaches will be surveyed at three time points and data will be analyzed to determine impact of the intervention on two outcomes: 1) expectations regarding reporting concussive symptoms (CR-E) and 2) expectations regarding engaging in potentially injurious play (IP-E).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participating on a team in one of the recruited leagues and willing to complete surveys

Exclusion criteria

  • Not willing to complete surveys

Treatment and study plan

Pre-game Safety Huddles

Behavioral

Coaches will be trained to lead Pre-game Safety Huddles by the RA with the study using a multi-media tool we have developed. Huddles will be brief (1-2 minutes) and will primarily focused on 1) encouraging concussion reporting and 2) encouraging good sportsmanship

Primary outcomes

  1. Change, Expectations regarding concussion reporting (CR-E)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey of Athlete expectations regarding reporting concussive symptoms

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change, Expectations of engaging in potentially injurious play (IP-E)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey of Athlete rating of expectations of engaging in potentially risky sport behavior

  2. Change, Perceived coach, parent and peer norms regarding concussion reporting (PN-PWCS)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Athlete perception of norms regarding concussion reporting

  3. Change in Perceived coach (TN-C), parent (TN-P) and peer norms (TN-T) regarding sportsmanship

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Athlete perception of norms regarding sportsmanship

  4. Change, Youth sport values (YSV)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Athlete values regarding sport participation

  5. Self-report of concussion diagnosis

    Time frame: 9-12 weeks

    Athlete report of concussion diagnosis during the season

  6. Change, Expectations regarding reporting teammate concussion (bystander reporting) (E-BR)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Athlete intention to report teammate concussive symptoms

  7. Change, Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale (PABSS)

    Time frame: Baseline, 4-6 weeks, 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Standardized measure of sportsmanship

  8. Performed behavior, concussion reporting (PB--CR)

    Time frame: 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Athlete concussion symptoms following potential concussion during season

  9. Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM-2) and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (AIM-2, FIM-2)

    Time frame: 9-12 weeks

    Self-report survey, Standardized measures of acceptability and feasibility

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Georgia Southern University
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Oregon

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 23, 2019
Registry last updated
Jan 31, 2022

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