title: The validity of a four week self-recall of sports injuries.
abstract: The ability of sports injury studies to provide reliable incidence estimates depends on accurate injury data. One of the most commonly used methods of collecting injury data is through self-report, but the validity of such information is largely unknown. This study validated a four week self-report sports injury recall against a range of external sources including hospital records, health practitioner records, and third parties. Cases were drawn from the larger, Western Australian Sports Injury Study (WASIS). This study demonstrates acceptable to good levels of agreement between self-report and more objective data in relation to details such as the nature and body part injured, and the level of injury treatment sought (kappa = 0.48 to 0.78). However, self-reported injury severity did not agree with the Injury Severity Score classification of severity.
authors.affiliation: Crime Research Centre, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valuri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology