Guidelines for injury data collection and classification for the prevention and control of injury in sport and recreation.

The Australian Sports Injury Data Dictionary has been developed to provide guidelines for injury data collection and classification for the prevention and control of injury in sport and recreation. The dictionary is written to assist sporting and recreation organisations, researchers, sports medicine professionals, first aiders and individual clubs collect information on sports injury. The sporting organisation or researcher may customise a data collection form to suit their needs, but a sporting club may choose to use the sport specific forms. The dictionary is prescriptive in the use of data categories and options within those categories. This is necessary if the advantages of comparability and consistency are to be gained. Users are, of course, free to design forms and data systems that meet their needs, and to extend the items and classification in the Dictionary.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Table 1: Summary table of data items and source

Introduction

Administration Items

Person recording case information
Immediate source of injury record
Date of injury
Time of injury
Date of Injury Record

Demographics

Age
Gender
Area of usual residence

Place of injury occurrence

Name of injury place - text
Place of Injury - Type
Sport and Recreation places- Specific
Part of Specific Injury Place

Activity when injured

Activity when injured: broad areas
Activity when injured - Name of sport or activity
Phase or aspect of involvement in activity or event
Activity when injured: grade or level

Injury Factors

Equipment used with intent to protect against injury

Mechanism of injury

Narrative of mechanism of injury

Injury Site

Body Region and Body Chart
Specific Structure Injured

Nature of injury - pathology

Provisional Diagnosis
Diagnosis Text

Treatment Factors

Date of presentation
Time of presentation for treatment
Reason for presentation
Treatment
Advice given to injured person
Referral
Treating Person

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Orchard Sports Injury Classification System (OSICS)
Appendix B - Sports injury definitions
Appendix C - Injury severity definitions
Appendix D - Major Injury Factors NDS-IS v2c
Appendix E - Examples of Sport Specific Data Collection Forms (x20)