Knowledge and attitude of Sport Related Concussion among adolescent athletes in Malaysia

Siti Nur\'Ain Abang Akiril@Akidil

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Type :	final_year_project
Subject :	GV Recreation Leisure
Main Author :	Siti Nur\'Ain Abang Akiril@Akidil
Title :	Knowledge and attitude of Sport Related Concussion among adolescent athletes in Malaysia

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Sains Sukan dan Kejurulatihan
Year of Publication :	2023
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Sport-Related Concussion (SRC) is associated with a diversity of short term and long-term health implications, particularly in adolescent athletes. Therefore, adolescents’ knowledge and attitude toward concussion are important to reduce the implications of concussions. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of SRC among adolescent athletes in Malaysia. A total of 189 adolescent athletes from different State Sports School have been involved in this study. Cross sectional study design was used to assess the knowledge and attitude of sport related concussion among adolescent athletes in Malaysia using the RoCKAS-ST M questionnaire as the instrument to evaluate the Concussion Knowledge Index (CKI) and Concussion Attitude Index (CAI) of respondents. Descriptive statistic was used to determine the level of knowledge and attitude of sport related concussion among adolescent athletes who participated this survey meanwhile Independent T-test were used to analyze differences in level of knowledge and attitudes on sport concussion between genders (male, female) and type of sports (contact, non-contact). The result of this study show the level of knowledge of sport related concussion among adolescent athletes in Malaysia is considerate as poor level of knowledge (0.05 for both CKI and CAI score between genders and type of sports. In conclusion, it is importance of having better knowledge of concussion because attitude of adolescent athlete on handling the concussion will reflect on the level of knowledge about concussions. Therefore, it is more studies needed before any structured sports concussion education programme can be employed to improve the knowledge and attitude of adolescent athletes in Malaysia. Keywords: concussion, knowledge, attitude, contact sports, non-contact sports

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