- Title
- Do squash players accurately report use of appropriate protective eyewear?
- Creator
- Eime, Rochelle; Finch, Caroline; Owen, Neville; McCarty, Catherine
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/42347
- Identifier
- vital:268
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80046-5
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-2440
- Abstract
- Self-report surveys are a common method of collecting data on protective equipment use in sport. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of self-reported use of appropriate protective eyewear by squash players. Surveys of squash players' appropriate protective eyewear behaviours were conducted over two consecutive years (2002 and 2003) at randomly-selected squash venues in Melbourne, Australia. Over the two years, 1219 adult players were surveyed (response rate of 92%). Trained observers also recorded the actual oncourt appropriate protective eyewear behaviours of all players during the survey sessions. Eyewear use rates calculated from both data sources were compared. The self-reported appropriate protective eyewear use rate (9.4%; 95% CI 7.8, 11.0) was significantly higher (1.6 times more) than the observed rate (5.9%; 95%CI 4.6, 7.2). This suggests that players may over-report their use of appropriate protective equipment, though some may have incorrectly classified their eyewear as being appropriate or suitably protective. Studies that rely only on self-report data on protective equipment use need to take into account that this could lead to biased estimates.; C1
- Publisher
- Dickson, ACT Sports Medicine Australia
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 8, no. 3 (2005), p. 352-356
- Rights
- Copyright Sports Medicine Australia
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Protection; Eye Injuries; Squash
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