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Improved reporting of overuse injuries and health problems in sport: an update of the Oslo Sport Trauma Research Center questionnaires
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  1. Benjamin Clarsen1,
  2. Roald Bahr1,
  3. Grethe Myklebust1,
  4. Stig Haugsboe Andersson1,
  5. Sean Iain Docking2,
  6. Michael Drew3,
  7. Caroline F Finch4,
  8. Lauren Victoria Fortington4,
  9. Joar Harøy1,
  10. Karim M Khan5,
  11. Bill Moreau6,7,
  12. Isabel S Moore8,
  13. Merete Møller9,
  14. Dustin Nabhan1,10,
  15. Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen11,
  16. Kati Pasanen12,13,
  17. Martin Schwellnus14,
  18. Torbjørn Soligard15,
  19. Evert Verhagen16
  1. 1 Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo, Norway
  2. 2 LASEM Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
  3. 3 Athlete Availability Program, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  4. 4 Exercise Medicine Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  5. 5 Family Practice & Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  6. 6 Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, California, USA
  7. 7 University of Western States, Portland, Oregon, USA
  8. 8 School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
  9. 9 Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
  10. 10 Sports Medicine Division, United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
  11. 11 Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  12. 12 Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC), Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  13. 13 Tampere Research Center of Sport Medicine, UKK Instituutti, Tampere, Finland
  14. 14 Sports, Exercise, Medicine and Lifestyle Research Institute (SEMLI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  15. 15 Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland
  16. 16 Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Clarsen, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Oslo 0806, Norway; ben.clarsen{at}nih.no

Abstract

In 2013, the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Overuse Injury Questionnaire (OSTRC-O) was developed to record the magnitude, symptoms and consequences of overuse injuries in sport. Shortly afterwards, a modified version of the OSTRC-O was developed to capture all types of injuries and illnesses—The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H). Since then, users from a range of research and clinical environments have identified areas in which these questionnaires may be improved. Therefore, the structure and content of the questionnaires was reviewed by an international panel consisting of the original developers, other user groups and experts in sports epidemiology and applied statistical methodology. Following a review panel meeting in October 2017, several changes were made to the questionnaires, including minor wording alterations, changes to the content of one question and the addition of questionnaire logic. In this paper, we present the updated versions of the questionnaires (OSTRC-O2 and OSTRC-H2), assess the likely impact of the updates on future data collection and discuss practical issues related to application of the questionnaires. We believe this update will improve respondent adherence and improve the quality of collected data.

  • epidemiology
  • methodology
  • prospective study design
  • questionnaire
  • surveillance

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101337

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    Footnotes

    • Twitter @benclarsen, @stighandersson, @SIDocking, @_mickdrew, @CarolineFinch, @LFortington, @JHaroey, @IzzyMoorePhD, @Merete_Moller, @nabhansportsmed, @RUNSAFE_Rasmus, @TSoligard, @Evertverhagen

    • Contributors All authors were involved in the questionnaire review process, provided editorial input to the text and approved the final manuscript. BC and EV drafted the manuscript and performed the analyses. SHA performed the citation search.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data availability statement Data are available upon request.