Attitudes and opinions towards the prevention of orofacial injuries among water polo coaches in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study.
Dent Traumatol
; 37(4): 623-630, 2021 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIM:
Although orofacial injuries are frequent in water polo, fewer than 10% of players use mouthguards. The aim of this study was to determine the degree to which coaches and sports club managers encourage mouthguard use in water polo and to explore their opinions regarding other strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of orofacial injuries. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This was a cross-sectional study in which the coaches and sports club managers of 16 water polo clubs in Catalonia were invited to participate. An online questionnaire was administered to the coaches to obtain general data, to determine whether they had recommended mouthguard use to their players and to record their opinions on other strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of orofacial injuries. Sports club managers were interviewed about the facilities offered by their clubs for players to obtain mouthguards and about their attitudes regarding the prevention of orofacial injuries.RESULTS:
The questionnaire was administered to 72 coaches who trained 111 teams during the 2019-2020 season, together with 14 sports club managers. Coaches of only 11 teams (10%) recommended mouthguard use to their players. Two clubs (14%) offered some facilities to their players to obtain mouthguards. Interestingly, only 18% of the coaches believed that mouthguard use should be mandatory, in contrast to 50% of the sports club managers (p = 0.017; Fisher's exact test). Most coaches and sports club managers believe that a video monitoring system should be used to identify dangerous play and that orofacial injuries should be reported under a surveillance programme.CONCLUSIONS:
Few water polo coaches recommend mouthguard use to their players and very few clubs offer facilities to obtain custom-made oral protection. However, most coaches and sports club managers agree that the rules should be modified to protect players from aggressive play.Palabras clave
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos en Atletas
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Traumatismos de los Dientes
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Deportes Acuáticos
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Protectores Bucales
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dent Traumatol
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España