Ski and Snowboard School Programs: Assessing the Effect of a Safety Video Intervention on Knowledge, Behaviour and Injury Risk in Youth Skiing and Snowboarding
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 2,348
- 主要终点
- Knowledge Uptake
研究概览
简要总结
The main objective of the study is to investigate if a video intervention can help increase knowledge, decrease risky behaviours on the hill, and reduce injury risk in students who participate in ski and snowboard school programs. The study design is a cluster randomized controlled trial where participating schools will be randomized into either an intervention or control group. The intervention video will contain an injury prevention and safety promotion component for skiing or snowboarding. The control group will receive the standard orientation video that many schools typically provide for students prior to their ski/snowboard outings in previous years.
详细描述
Skiing and snowboarding are two popular winter activities, and school sanctioned ski and snowboard programs hosted at local ski areas provide students the opportunity to discover and engage in new activities that can benefit their physical and mental well-being. However, these winter sports can be associated with a high risk of injury. Previous studies have found that the majority of injuries in snow sports are preventable and tend to be caused by poor decisions, actions and human error. As part of ski and snowboard school programs at WinSport's Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary, Alberta, children receive an introduction to the sport including basic safety information. However, there is no consistent and comprehensive injury prevention component built into ski and snowboard school outing programs. For this research, the investigative team will implement and evaluate a video intervention with built-in injury prevention and safety promotion messages.
The study design is a cluster randomized controlled trial where participating schools will be randomized into either an intervention or control group. The intervention video is approximately 10 minutes in length and will include information on proper preparation, correct protective equipment use, and strategies for speed control and collision avoidance while skiing or snowboarding. The content and format of the intervention video was developed and informed by focus groups with parents, students, ski patrollers, and ski instructors to ensure optimal information uptake for viewers.The control group will receive the standard orientation video that many schools usually provide for students prior to their ski/snowboard outings.
The participants will be children between the ages of 6 to 15 years (grades 1 to 9) who participate in the ski and snowboard school programs at COP in Calgary, Alberta. The outcomes of interest that will be measured include knowledge uptake (through the use of pre- and post-test questionnaires delivered before and after watching the assigned video, and measuring differences in test scores before and after watching the video), behavioural changes (through the use of multiple observers who will collect data on unsafe behaviours and actions observed on the ski hill during two hour time intervals) and injury risk (through the use of nationally standardized ski patrol accident report forms that will be provided by the ski area and school program enrollment data to calculate injury rates).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Participants (including the teachers and students) will not be told by the research team if the video assigned to their class is the control or intervention. During the consent process though, they will be made aware that they are going to be randomly assigned to either the control or intervention video.
Furthermore, when the two observers go to the ski hill to collect data on observed unsafe behaviours, they will be blinded to the intervention/control status of the school at the ski area that day to prevent observer bias.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 15 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Elementary and junior high school students (grades 1 to 9)
- •Attends a school participating in a ski and snowboard school program hosted by a local ski area
排除标准
- •High school students (grade 10 or above)
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
The intervention group will receive an educational video containing safety messages and an injury prevention component with the intent of reducing behaviours and actions on the hill than can potentially lead to injury.
干预措施: Ski and Snowboard Safety Video (Other)
Control
The control group will receive the usual procedures associated with school outings where students have the opportunity to watch the standard welcome video (~8 minutes) with information on how their day will go and how to use and put on safety equipment. The information given in the control procedure emphasizes preparation and how to use and put on equipment rather than safety messages oriented towards preventing injury and collisions. Students in the control group will watch the video prior to participating in the ski area school program.
结局指标
主要结局
Knowledge Uptake
时间窗: Throughout the ski/snowboard season (up to 5 months)
Students will take a baseline safety knowledge assessment before watching the assigned video (pre-test) and take the same test immediately after watching the assigned video (post-test). The video viewing and the pre- and post-test completion will be moderated in a classroom by the teacher and a member of the research team. Questions about preparations, equipment and proper hill etiquette will be included in the knowledge assessment questionnaire. At the start of the data collection session at the school, demographic information will be collected followed by the pre-test knowledge assessment for students to complete independently. After the pre-test knowledge assessment is completed and submitted, the students will then watch their assigned video. Immediately following the video, the students will independently complete the post-test knowledge assessment. A follow-up assessment test will be given to the participants approximately 1 month after watching the video.
次要结局
- Risky Behaviours(Throughout the ski/snowboard season (up to 5 months))
- Injury(Throughout the ski/snowboard season (up to 5 months))