Comparing and Interactive Concussion Education Platform to Current Education Standards

NCT ID: NCT04122274

Last Updated: 2022-11-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

75 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-21

Study Completion Date

2022-04-21

Brief Summary

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a theory- driven education platform to improve concussion-related norms and perceptions in an effort to improve student-athletes concussion-related decision-making.

Participants: 80 college-aged recreational athletes.

Procedures: The study is a single-blind (participants) randomized control trial where participants will complete a previously validated survey assessing concussion knowledge, perceived norms, attitudes, and behavioral intentions immediately pre- and post-receipt of their designated intervention. Participants will also complete the previously validated survey two-week post receipt of their designated intervention. The interventions include an interactive concussion education platform along with the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) concussion education sheet and the NCAA concussion education sheet alone (with a sham educational intervention similar in length to the concussion education platform).

Detailed Description

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A convenience sample of participants will be recruited from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student-body from November-January via campus emails, in-class recruitment, flyers/informational sheets, and word of mouth from fellow participants. During the beginning of recruitment, efforts were targeted towards males with participant numbers being carefully monitored. Recruitment will be targeted to recruit an even number of males and females. Interested participants will be contacted to confirm interest and those who remained interested will be scheduled to complete the study session. Participants will report to an on-campus athletic training facility or research laboratory or may report/complete study activities virtually.

Participants will then complete the written, informed consent process. The consent form indicated that they would be completing a sport-related educational intervention to not disclose the information they would receive and to keep participants blind to their intervention group assignment. Participants will not be explicitly told that it is a study evaluating concussion education, but rather an injury and nutrition study, to reduce bias. Once the consent form was signed, participants were assigned a unique identifier and randomized (simple) without replacement to one of the two study arms, using a pre-determined random number generator in Excel. Participants then completed the pre- questionnaire in a quiet location via a tablet/computer provided by the research team or virtually. There was no time limit for completion of the questionnaire. The survey will feature an item that prompts individuals if they miss a question, but does not force participants to respond. After initial questionnaire completion, participants completed their assigned intervention (decision-based interactive concussion education platform + NCAA concussion education sheet versus NCAA education sheet). Immediately following their respective intervention, athletes completed the questionnaire again. Upon completing the post-intervention questionnaire, the participant's participation in the study is complete and they will receive an incentive. Following each survey, a research team member will verify and assess for missing answers, allowing participants to complete any missed questions that they wish to answer. Two weeks following the post-intervention survey, participants will be contacted again to complete the same questionnaire to assess retention of concussion knowledge, perceived norms, attitudes, and behavioral intentions. At this two-week post time point, participants will be informed of the true purpose of the study and be provided access to the BANK (Behaviors, Attitudes, Norms, and Knowledge) platform.

Conditions

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Concussion, Brain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Education Sheet and Sham Intervention

Participants will be asked to fill out a pre-intervention survey to assess existing concussion knowledge, perceived norms, attitudes, and behavioral intentions. Afterward, the NCAA concussion education fact sheet will be viewed along with the viewing of the sham intervention. Following the intervention, a post-intervention survey re-assessing the constructs from the pre-intervention survey will be completed. May be completed in-person or virtually.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

NCAA education sheet

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A fact sheet that includes information about basic signs and symptoms of a concussion as well as steps to take if an individual sustains a concussion and reinforces the need to report the injury.

Decision-based interactive concussive education platform

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A platform grounded in theoretical frameworks including the socioecological model and theory of planned behavior. It includes a short video to provide an overview of key lessons, a short quiz, and additional resource links that conclude the module.

Education Sheet and Decision-based interactive intervention

Participants will be asked to fill out a pre-intervention survey to assess existing concussion knowledge, perceived norms, attitudes, and behavioral intentions. Afterward, the NCAA concussion education fact sheet will be viewed along with the viewing of a decision- based interactive concussion education platform intervention. Following the intervention, a post-intervention survey re-assessing the constructs from the pre-intervention survey will be completed. May be completed in-person or virtually.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

NCAA education sheet

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A fact sheet that includes information about basic signs and symptoms of a concussion as well as steps to take if an individual sustains a concussion and reinforces the need to report the injury.

Sham Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An approximately 7-minute video that includes information about basic sports nutrition facts.

Interventions

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NCAA education sheet

A fact sheet that includes information about basic signs and symptoms of a concussion as well as steps to take if an individual sustains a concussion and reinforces the need to report the injury.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sham Intervention

An approximately 7-minute video that includes information about basic sports nutrition facts.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decision-based interactive concussive education platform

A platform grounded in theoretical frameworks including the socioecological model and theory of planned behavior. It includes a short video to provide an overview of key lessons, a short quiz, and additional resource links that conclude the module.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Rostered club sport and/or recreational athletes at a single institution will be recruited for participation in this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Johna K Register-Mihalik, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Locations

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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19-1633

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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