Table 4

Beliefs about who is responsible for injury prevention (significant baseline differences between coaches and players indicated by ^ based on 95% CI; significant postseason differences between coaches and players indicated by § based on 95% CI. No significant within-group differences were found)

 Coach
% (95% CI)
Player
% (95% CI)
Whole sample (n=43)Precomparison–postcomparison (n=29)Whole sample (n=385)Precomparison–postcomparison (n=258)
BaselineBaselinePostseasonBaselineBaselinePostseason
Who is responsible for injury prevention?
 Coach93.0 (85.4 to 100)^93.1 (83.9 to 100)86.2 (73.7 to 98.8)74.5 (70.2 to 78.9)73.3 (67.9 to 78.7)77.1 (72.0 to 82.2)
 Players90.7 (82.0 to 99.4)89.7 (78.6 to 100)69.0 (52.2 to 85.8)§95.3 (93.2 to 97.4)96.1 (93.7 to 98.5)95.3 (92.7 to 97.9)
 Parents65.1 (50.9 to 79.4)^62.1 (44.4 to 79.8)55.2 (37.1 to 73.3)§13.0 (9.6 to 16.4)12.4 (8.4 to 16.4)13.6 (9.4 to 17.8)
 League or club administration18.6 (7.0 to 30.2)^17.2 (3.5 to 30.9)20.7 (6.0 to 35.5)4.7 (2.6 to 6.8)3.9 (1.5 to 6.3)5.4 (2.6 to 8.2)
 Referee16.3 (5.3 to 27.3)13.8 (1.3 to 26.4)17.2 (3.5 to 30.9)§30.6 (26.0 to 35.2)29.1 (23.6 to 34.6)39.1 (33.2 to 45.1)
 Medical personnel7.0 (0 to 14.6)^10.3 (0 to 21.4)0§36.6 (31.8 to 41.4)38.0 (32.1 to 43.9)28.3 (22.8 to 33.8)