Sport/leisure injury hospitalisation rates-Evidence for an excess burden in remote areas
- Finch, Caroline, Boufous, Soufiane
- Authors: Finch, Caroline , Boufous, Soufiane
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 12, no. 6 (2009), p. 628-632
- Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565900
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- Description: Information about the regional population distribution of sports injury rates is important for the identification of priority groups for injury prevention and sports medicine service delivery. This study describes the relationship between regional measures of social disadvantage (socio-economic index for areas, SEIFA) and remoteness (accessibility/remoteness index of Australia, ARIA) and the incidence of sport/leisure hospitalisation episodes for 2003-2004. All hospital separations, of New South Wales (NSW, Australia) residents, with an ICD-10-AM principal diagnosis indicating an injury and an activity code indicating sport/leisure activity were included. Age-standardised hospitalisation rates were calculated across SEIFA and ARIA categories. There was no clear trend in hospitalisation rates across SEIFA quintiles, with rates ranging from a low of 150.3/100,000 population (95% CI: 145.5-155.2) in the quintile of most disadvantage to a high of 201.8/100,000 population (196.1-207.4) in the middle quintile. In contrast, there was a strong positive and significant trend across ARIA groups (p < 0.001) with rates ranging from a low of 156.2/100,000 population (153.2-159.2) in the most urban areas to a high of 335.5/100,000 population (306.5-364.6) in remote areas. Reasons for these trends are unclear but may include differences in medical and allied health service provision, sport/leisure infrastructure and opportunities across regions or differential participation in sport across NSW. Further investigations into why remote and very remote areas, in particular, have such high rates, including exploration of participation rates, sport/leisure opportunity delivery factors and the provision of sports medicine services need to be undertaken before injury rates can be reduced in these areas. © 2008 Sports Medicine Australia.
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Spatial epidemiological investigation of sport and leisure injuries in Victoria, Australia
- Authors: Singh, Himalaya
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Sport and leisure injuries are recognised as a public health issue in Australia. Despite the many health benefits associated with sport and leisure participation, there is a risk of sustaining injury during participation. To keep Australia active, there is a critical need to prevent injury occurrence. Epidemiological investigations in sport and leisure injuries have been largely examined by grouping of sports, age groups, sex and level of play. In addition, intrinsic (person-level) factors have been considered, such as strength, flexibility or previous injury history. These factors may not be sufficient to identify injury burden or prevent an increase in injury incidences. In the broader injury literature (e.g., road traffic crashes or drowning), it is known that injuries often cluster within specific places (i.e., road intersections or bodies of water). These specific geographic locations may also relate to sport and leisure injuries (e.g., sports grounds or facilities). Similarly, population-level factors such as socio-economic status or cultural groups within an area could influence the types of sports and leisure activities people participate in and consequently, the injuries that occur. A review presented in this PhD thesis revealed that there is very limited sport and leisure injury epidemiological information from a geographical perspective. To address this gap, and determine whether there is a spatial pattern in sport/leisure injuries, the aim of this PhD was to examine the geospatial distribution of sport/leisure injury hospitalisations and their association with a broad range of social and economic characteristics. This thesis uses spatial epidemiological methods to answer questions such as ‘Where do sports and leisure injuries occur?’ and ‘In whom do sports/leisure injuries occur?’ The main chapters present the results of the application of spatial epidemiological methods to describe the problem, to test hypotheses and to explore associations with possible explanatory variables. The findings showed a significant variation across metropolitan, regional and rural areas in the pattern and clustering of injuries when examining different sports, age groups and other variables such as education level. A secondary aim of this thesis was to consider the dissemination of sport and injury epidemiological data. As emphasised in the literature, there is limited spatial epidemiological information available to decision-makers and key stakeholders. At best, descriptive maps might be included in a report or research paper. However, these are static and limited to the results that the author chooses to present. Therefore, an important output from this PhD is a web-GIS application that has been specifically built to enable the exploratory analysis of sport/leisure injuries in Victoria. Sport and leisure injury prevention strategies and policy development relies on information about where, when, to whom and how sport/leisure injuries occur. This thesis demonstrates that a spatial epidemiological approach is an important and novel way to address epidemiological questions from a geographical perspective.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
- Authors: Singh, Himalaya
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
- Full Text:
- Description: Sport and leisure injuries are recognised as a public health issue in Australia. Despite the many health benefits associated with sport and leisure participation, there is a risk of sustaining injury during participation. To keep Australia active, there is a critical need to prevent injury occurrence. Epidemiological investigations in sport and leisure injuries have been largely examined by grouping of sports, age groups, sex and level of play. In addition, intrinsic (person-level) factors have been considered, such as strength, flexibility or previous injury history. These factors may not be sufficient to identify injury burden or prevent an increase in injury incidences. In the broader injury literature (e.g., road traffic crashes or drowning), it is known that injuries often cluster within specific places (i.e., road intersections or bodies of water). These specific geographic locations may also relate to sport and leisure injuries (e.g., sports grounds or facilities). Similarly, population-level factors such as socio-economic status or cultural groups within an area could influence the types of sports and leisure activities people participate in and consequently, the injuries that occur. A review presented in this PhD thesis revealed that there is very limited sport and leisure injury epidemiological information from a geographical perspective. To address this gap, and determine whether there is a spatial pattern in sport/leisure injuries, the aim of this PhD was to examine the geospatial distribution of sport/leisure injury hospitalisations and their association with a broad range of social and economic characteristics. This thesis uses spatial epidemiological methods to answer questions such as ‘Where do sports and leisure injuries occur?’ and ‘In whom do sports/leisure injuries occur?’ The main chapters present the results of the application of spatial epidemiological methods to describe the problem, to test hypotheses and to explore associations with possible explanatory variables. The findings showed a significant variation across metropolitan, regional and rural areas in the pattern and clustering of injuries when examining different sports, age groups and other variables such as education level. A secondary aim of this thesis was to consider the dissemination of sport and injury epidemiological data. As emphasised in the literature, there is limited spatial epidemiological information available to decision-makers and key stakeholders. At best, descriptive maps might be included in a report or research paper. However, these are static and limited to the results that the author chooses to present. Therefore, an important output from this PhD is a web-GIS application that has been specifically built to enable the exploratory analysis of sport/leisure injuries in Victoria. Sport and leisure injury prevention strategies and policy development relies on information about where, when, to whom and how sport/leisure injuries occur. This thesis demonstrates that a spatial epidemiological approach is an important and novel way to address epidemiological questions from a geographical perspective.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
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