https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/bmjosem/7/1/e000959.full.pdf
What is the abstract of the article?
Between 2009 and 2014, all 50 states and the District of Columbia passed legislation to improve the recognition and management of youth concussed in sports. These laws can include requirements for concussion training for school athletic personnel, concussion education for children and their parents, return-to-play (RTP) procedures, and medical clearance to for RTP. Concussion can impact academic learning and performance in children and adolescents. Postconcussion academic accommodations during recovery can be an important component of secondary prevention for mitigating the sequalae of head injury. Few state youth concussion laws, however, include provision of postconcussion return-to-learn (RTL) accommodations and most of those that do address RTL apply to student athletes only. Concussions may occur in youth who are not participating in organised sports (eg, falls, traffic crashes) and thus may not be subjected to RTL accommodations, even if the state mandates such procedures for athletes. Low income and students of colour may be more likely to have non-sports concussions than their more affluent and white peers, thus potentially creating demographic disparities in the benefits of RTL procedures. State youth sports concussion laws should be revised so that they include RTL provisions that apply to all students, athletes and non-athletes alike.
Was the study experimental or non-experimental?
-This study is considered non-experimental research
Was the research qualitative or quantitative?
-This data was qualitative
What was the population studied?
-Mostly young active kids from 0-17.
What sample was used for this study?
– There were 4 different studies. From 600 to 13,191.
What was the method of measurement?
- Number of kids that had concussions. How many of them were hospitalized and how serious the head trauma was.
What was the method of analysis?
Medical Care Survey randomly selected US Hosiptal Emergency department to run the analysis of the research.
What was the conclusion of the study?
They found the results scary from our young kids. The author states they should o revise state laws to: include provisions for RTL and apply these provisions to all students, athletes and non-athletes, regardless of how, when or where their concussion occurred.
Why is this study useful to you? Explain in detail.
-Yes it has really opened my eyes and I hope we are more aware from head drauma, especially to our children.
I was shocked to see that there were 2,529 TBI-related deaths among children 17 and under in 2014. This is definitely a subject that needs to be explored further. The article mentions that there can be long-term effects on how kids function in daily activities. I think it would be great for researchers to do a study on children who have experienced concussions to see how it impacts their physical and mental status afterwards. (Howland, Hackman, Torres, Campbell, and Olshaker, 2021).
The article heavily enforces the need to have certain laws and regulations in place that address concussions in children. I think researchers could conduct a study where, after these laws are implemented, they observe the change in the number of TBI cases, whether they are minor or severe. These results would greatly help states understand if their TBI education and regulations are effective or if even more has to be done to help keep children safe from the potential negative effects of a concussion.
The first thing I see reading the report is that this is a review of the finding of other studies rather than a research team conducting a study themselves. This still reinforces their conclusion that more testing is necessary within children’s sports. This makes identifying the methods of measurement they use hard but I do see both qualitative and quantitative data presented. Plenty of percentile data is shown within the second paragraph that could be added to you answer to question two. I think you nailed a part of the method to analysis questions but I would also add the part about return to learning and metrics presented about the TBI’s amongst children. The article is well written and comes to a definitive conclusion.
This was an interesting article. That is a very high number of kids who have a emergency visit due to TBI. 23,000 hospitalizations is a lot. One thing that was missing from the article was attribution of the visits to a specific cause. The article stated that they had been hit in the head but not what had caused that to happen or where that actually happened. I think that a good follow up would have to be something that could parse out the specific causes and activities that are most high risk. Obviously all causes will not be equal and starting to make changes in places of highest risk is a logical step to bring the numbers down. Since the article appears to be mostly an aggregation of outside stats it is not easy to determine what the actual numbers of Sports Related or Non Sports Related are. One study cited had the non sport at 70% and the other had it at 30%. This study would benefit from having a specific standard that determines what is and is not Sports Related in order to break it out into a more useful metric. I did fully agree with the thesis however that whether a child was harmed in a car crash or a sports accident they should receive the same kind of help in getting back into classes.