Trends in sports-related emergency department visits in the Netherlands, 2009-2018.
Epidemiology
Public health
Sporting injuries
Journal
BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
ISSN: 2055-7647
Titre abrégé: BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101681007
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
accepted:
26
09
2020
entrez:
12
11
2020
pubmed:
13
11
2020
medline:
13
11
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We aim to describe time trends of severe sports-related emergency department (ED) visits in the Netherlands, from 2009 to 2018. Data were extracted from the Dutch Injury Surveillance System by age, gender, sports activity and injury diagnosis, from 2009 to 2018. Absolute numbers and time trends of severe sports-related ED visits were calculated. Between 2009 and 2018, the overall numbers of severe sports-related ED visits in the Netherlands have significantly decreased by 14% (95% CI -19% to -9%). This trend was seen among men (-12%; 95% CI -18% to -6%), women (-19%; 95% CI -26% to -11%) and individuals aged 18-34 years (-19%; 95% CI -28% to -10%). The number of ED visits has significantly decreased over time in soccer (-15%; 95% CI -24% to -6%), ice-skating (-80%; 95% CI -85% to -73%) and in inline/roller skating (-38%; 95% CI -55% to -15%). This was not the case in road cycle racing (+135%; 95% CI +85% to +198%) and mountain bike racing (+80%; 95% CI +32% to+146%). In terms of sports injury diagnoses, the number of fractured wrists (-15%; 95% CI -24% to -5%), fractured hands (-37%; 95% CI -49% to -21%), knee distortions (-66%; 95% CI -74% to -55%), and fractured lower legs (-38%; 95% CI -55% to -14%) significantly decreased over time. Our study shows a promising reduction in the number of severe sports-related ED visits across most age groups and sports activities. As the number of ED visits increased in road cycle and mountain bike racing, it is important to find out what caused these increases. Furthermore, it is essential to determine trends in exposure hours and to evaluate and implement injury prevention programmes specific for these sports activities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33178443
doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000811
pii: bmjsem-2020-000811
pmc: PMC7640740
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e000811Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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