ABSTRACT

Objective

To investigate factors associated with collegiate athletes’ beliefs regarding chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) mechanism.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

A total of 838 collegiate athletes (61.9% men) from seven institutions completed a 10-minute survey that captured information relative to demographics, diagnosed concussion history, formal sport-related concussion education, additional sources of concussion information, and beliefs about multiple concussions and premature return-to-play following a head impact as mechanisms for CTE.

Results

More than half of collegiate athletes believed that multiple concussions (58.2%) and premature return-to-play (59.1%) may cause CTE. Those who reported getting concussion information from sports news had higher odds of believing multiple concussions and premature return-to-play were CTE mechanisms compared to those who did not get information from sports news sources. Additionally, CTE mechanism beliefs were significantly greater in collegiate athletes who were male, had sustained a previous diagnosed concussion, or had acquired concussion information from the NCAA.

Conclusions

Sports news’ reporting of CTE storylines, which highlight former male athletes with complex brain injury histories, may influence collegiate athletes’ beliefs about concussion. Therefore, it is recommended that concussion awareness initiatives incorporate information related specifically to CTE to empower collegiate athletes with evidence-based, patient-oriented information and knowledge regarding this condition.

中文翻译：

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未经证实的消息传递的负担：大学生运动员的慢性创伤性脑病机制信念

摘要

客观的

调查与大学生运动员对慢性创伤性脑病 (CTE) 机制的信念相关的因素。

设计

横断面研究。

方法

来自 7 个机构的 838 名大学生运动员（61.9% 男性）完成了一项 10 分钟的调查，该调查收集了与人口统计学、确诊的脑震荡史、正式的运动相关脑震荡教育、脑震荡信息的其他来源以及关于多次脑震荡和头部撞击后过早恢复比赛是 CTE 的机制。

结果

超过一半的大学生运动员认为多次脑震荡 (58.2%) 和过早恢复比赛 (59.1%) 可能导致 CTE。与那些没有从体育新闻来源获得信息的人相比，那些报告从体育新闻中获得脑震荡信息的人更有可能相信多次脑震荡和过早恢复比赛是 CTE 机制。此外，对于男性、先前诊断出脑震荡或从 NCAA 获得脑震荡信息的大学运动员，CTE 机制的信念明显更高。

结论

体育新闻对 CTE 故事情节的报道，突出了具有复杂脑损伤史的前男运动员，可能会影响大学生运动员对脑震荡的看法。因此，建议脑震荡意识举措纳入与 CTE 相关的信息，以便为大学运动员提供有关这种情况的循证、以患者为导向的信息和知识。