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The effect of brain injury terminology on university athletes' expected outcome from injury, familiarity and actual symptom report

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Weber, Mareen [University of Birmingham, UK] Edwards, Martin [UCL]

Primary objective: To determine the influence of the terms concussion, mild traumatic brain injury and minor head injury on expected injury outcome, term-related familiarity and actual symptom reporting. Research design: A questionnaire varied the terms concussion, mild traumatic brain injury and minor head injury. Methods and procedures: Two hundred and twenty-four university students were allocated one questionnaire version. Participants rated injury outcome statements for their truthfulness, specified term familiarity and completed measures on post-concussion symptoms, anxiety, depression, pain and affectivity. Chi-square tests compared response frequencies of statement ratings and familiarity between questionnaire versions and a rank-based multivariate method compared psychological measures between questionnaire versions. Main outcomes and results: Terminology significantly influenced both expected injury outcome and familiarity. Outcome expectations were reliably more negative for the term mild traumatic brain injury than concussion or minor head injury. Mild traumatic brain injury was the least familiar term. However, terminology groups did not differ in actual symptom reporting. Conclusions: The data showed that the use of terminology affected athletes’ injury outcome expectations and familiarity. The impact of the data and advice for the best term for future use are discussed. While it is not easy to make a clear recommendation, the data clearly indicate a strong need for education of brain injury at university level and possibly beyond.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Brain Injury" - Vol. 24, no. 11, p. 1364-71 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0269-9052
e-issn 1362-301X
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
MESH Subject Adolescent ; Adult ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Post-Concussion Syndrome - psychology ; Questionnaires ; Risk Factors ; Terminology as Topic ; Treatment Outcome ; Universities ; Young Adult ; Athletic Injuries - psychology ; Brain Concussion - psychology ; Female ; Health Education ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Injury Severity Score ; Male
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Bibliographic reference Weber, Mareen ; Edwards, Martin. The effect of brain injury terminology on university athletes' expected outcome from injury, familiarity and actual symptom report. In: Brain Injury, Vol. 24, no. 11, p. 1364-71 (2010)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/109422