Table 2.
Participant Demographics
| Demographic |
Athletic Trainer Availability |
P Value |
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| Low (n = 747) |
Mid (n = 828) |
High (n = 884) |
N = 2459 |
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| Sport seasons | n = 1263 | n = 1306 | n = 1297 | N = 3866 (%) | |
| No. (%) |
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| Sex | <.001 | ||||
| Female | 257 (34.4) | 271 (32.7) | 392 (44.3) | 920 (37.4) | |
| Male | 490 (65.6) | 557 (67.3) | 492 (55.7) | 1539 (62.6) | |
| Grade | .012 | ||||
| 9 | 208 (27.8) | 293 (35.6) | 271 (30.7) | 772 (31.4) | |
| 10 | 190 (25.4) | 190 (22.9) | 251 (28.4) | 631 (25.7) | |
| 11 | 183 (24.5) | 186 (22.5) | 199 (22.5) | 568 (23.1) | |
| 12 | 166 (22.2) | 159 (19.2) | 163 (18.4) | 488 (19.8) | |
| Sport-related concussion history | |||||
| Any | 111 (14.9) | 186 (22.5) | 162 (18.3) | 459 (18.7) | .001 |
| Within past 12 mo | 59 (7.9) | 94 (11.4) | 72 (8.1) | 225 (9.2) | .026 |
| Median (Interquartile Range) |
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| Total symptoms | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 1.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | .001 |
| Symptom severity | 0.0 (0.0, 1.5) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | .001 |
| Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 1.0 (0.0, 3.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 2.0) | <.001 |
| Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, total scorea | 93.2 ± 8.2 | 93.5 ± 8.0 | 92.9 ± 8.0 | 93.2 ± 8.0 | .311 |
| No. (%) |
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| Sport | |||||
| Baseball | 61 (4.8) | 51 (3.9) | 84 (6.5) | 196 (5.1) | |
| Basketball | 381 (30.2) | 262 (20.1) | 300 (23.1) | 943 (24.4) | |
| Football | 452 (35.8) | 402 (30.8) | 320 (24.7) | 1174 (30.4) | |
| Ice hockey | 10 (0.8) | 18 (1.4) | 24 (1.9) | 52 (1.3) | |
| Soccer | 48 (3.8) | 166 (12.7) | 121 (9.3) | 335 (8.7) | |
| Softball | 41 (3.2) | 62 (4.7) | 47 (3.6) | 150 (3.9) | |
| Track | 31 (2.5) | 75 (5.7) | 105 (8.1) | 211 (5.5) | |
| Volleyball | 172 (13.6) | 152 (11.6) | 206 (15.9) | 530 (13.7) | |
| Wrestling | 20 (1.6) | 23 (1.8) | 37 (2.9) | 80 (2.1) | |
| Otherb | 47 (3.7) | 95 (7.3) | 53 (4.1) | 195 (5.0) | |
a
Apart from the P value column, values presented in this row are mean ± SD, not median (interquartile range).
b
Cheer, cross-country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, swimming, tennis.