Recent Experiences With Concussions

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Concussion

Treatments: Other: Symptom elicitiation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02626650

HS15-334

Details and patient eligibility

About

College athletes will be recruited to complete a voluntary online survey that will take approximately 10 minutes. In this survey, they will answer a series of questions related to the concussion symptoms they have experienced in their recent sports season, their opinions related to concussions and concussion treatment, and demographics.

Full description

College athletes will be recruited to complete a voluntary online survey that will take approximately 10 minutes. In this survey, they will answer a series of questions related to the concussion symptoms they have experienced in their recent sports season, their opinions related to concussions and concussion treatment, and demographics.

Of interest, participants will indicate what concussion symptoms they have recently experienced in one of four formats, to which they will be randomly assigned. Participants will either *check the symptoms they have experienced, *check the symptoms they have not experienced, *uncheck the symptoms they have experienced, or *uncheck the symptoms they have not experienced. It is believed that an alternative method of reporting symptoms that requires participants to indicate the symptoms they have not experienced will lead them to report having experienced a greater number of symptoms, based on past research regarding inclusion vs. exclusion modes of thought.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Collegiate athlete (identified by staff at each cooperating institution)

Exclusion criteria

• Under age of 18

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 4 patient groups

Check symptoms one has experienced

Active Comparator group

Description:

This is the baseline condition. When asked to indicate concussion symptoms (or most other kinds of symptoms for medical conditions), people usually place a check mark next to each symptom they have experienced.

Treatment:

Other: Symptom elicitiation

Check symptoms one has not experienced

Experimental group

Description:

Participants place a check mark next to each symptom they have NOT experienced in the most recent sports season.

Treatment:

Other: Symptom elicitiation

Uncheck symptoms one has experienced

Experimental group

Description:

To begin, all symptoms will be automatically checked. Participants are told to remove a check mark from each symptom they have experienced in the most recent sports season.

Treatment:

Other: Symptom elicitiation

Uncheck symptoms one has not experienced.

Experimental group

Description:

To begin, all symptoms will be automatically checked. Participants are told to remove a check mark from each symptom they have NOT experienced in the most recent sports season.

Treatment:

Other: Symptom elicitiation