title: Head Injuries in School-Age Children Who Play Golf.
abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children. We conducted a prospective study, which examined injury characteristics and outcomes of school-age children of 5.0-15.0 years (N = 10) who were admitted to hospital for a TBI. This study evaluated the role of age, gender, the Glasgow Coma Scale, mechanisms and severity of injury, and functional outcomes. Seventy percent of the children sustained a TBI from a fall. We also found that playing golf was associated with 40% of the TBIs, with three (30%) children being unrestrained passengers in a moving golf cart and another one (10%) was struck by a golf club. Injury awareness could have benefited or prevented most injuries, and school nurses are in the best position to provide preventative practice education. In golf-centric communities, prevention of golf-related injuries should include education within the schools.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Department of Pediatrics, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA karin.reuter-rice@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reuter-Rice
authors.affiliation: College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Madelyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Julia K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Eads
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006055:Golf / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Glasgow Outcome Scale–Extended Pediatric; golf; head injury; pediatric; traumatic brain injury