Attitudes and beliefs about protective headgear and injury risk among players who wore protective headgear
| % of all players who wore headgear for the majority of the 1999 playing season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitude/belief | All players (n=110) | Control team players (n=36) | Headgear team players (n=74) | Players with no recent injury history (n=60) | Players with a recent injury history (n=50) |
| Values are the proportion of cases giving an “always” or “often” response to each attitude/belief. | |||||
| Do you feel safer wearing headgear? | 83.6 | 88.9 | 81.1 | 83.3 | 84.0 |
| Do you play more confidently if you are wearing headgear? | 67.3 | 80.6 | 60.8 | 66.7 | 68.0 |
| Did your head feel hotter while wearing headgear? | 62.8 | 55.3 | 66.2 | 56.7 | 70.0 |
| Do you think wearing headgear can prevent head injury? | 54.6 | 63.9 | 49.8 | 53.3 | 56.0 |
| Do you feel that you could tackle harder while wearing headgear? | 54.6 | 63.9 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 54.0 |
| Did your head feel uncomfortable while wearing headgear? | 14.7 | 8.6 | 17.8 | 13.6 | 16.0 |
| Did you experience any communication difficulties while wearing headgear? | 2.7 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 |