Table 3 Clubs that responded positively on the modified Sports Safety Audit Tool infrastructure items scores

Infrastructure Items	Item score	Baseline			Post-season follow-up			12-month follow-up
Infrastructure Items	Item score	Inter (%) (n = 32)	Control (%) (n = 44)	p Value	Inter (%) (n = 27)	Control (%) (n = 40)	p Value	Inter (%) (n = 27)	Control (%) (n = 40)	p Value
Keep a record of injuries that:
Result in an insurance claim	0.5	78	82	0.690	85	85	0.983	81	87	0.587
Require attendance to hospital	0.5	34	64	0.012*	56	60	0.718	67	67	0.943
Require attending a medical practitioner/health professional	0.5	16	48	0.004*	44	52	0.518	44	30	0.226
Result in missing a match	0.5	16	34	0.071	26	40	0.234	37	15	0.038*
Require first aid	0.5	12	23	0.256	30	25	0.675	41	30	0.364
Other injuries	0.5	0	9	0.080	15	10	0.551	4	5	0.801
Collects injury risk information from:
Research (internet, library, etc.)	0.5	25	18	0.472	37	12	0.018*	56	20	0.003*
Soccer NSW /Football Federation Australia	0.5	81	82	0.950	70	92	0.016*	93	85	0.347
Club safety audits	0.5	6	14	0.300	26	15	0.267	63	35	0.024*
Other sources	0.5	19	18	0.950	18	17	0.915	0	2	0.408
Reviewed injury records and injury risk information in past 12 months	5	31	25	0.547	30	22	0.511	56	22	0.006*
Informed about club safety activities in the past 12 months:
Players	0.5	59	59	0.980	48	30	0.132	70	40	0.015*
Coaches	0.5	87	84	0.677	89	67	0.044*	93	75	0.065
Committee members	0.5	84	82	0.770	96	72	0.013*	100	75	0.005*
Referees and other officials	0.5	19	32	0.201	11	12	0.863	33	12	0.040*
Safety budget	2	3	7	0.477	4	5	0.801	18	7	0.172
Safety committee or coordinator	5	6	14	0.300	33	12	0.040*	70	15	<0.001*
Acted upon current sports safety plan	4	3	7	0.477	22	13	0.314	67	5	<0.001*
Safety activities undertaken in past 12 months†	0.5‡	1.20	1.11	0.667	1.52	1.07	0.024*	1.70	0.78	<0.001*
Safety a regular agenda item at club committee meetings	2	22	27	0.592	56	12	<0.001*	74	30	<0.001*
Consulted about injury risks in the past 12 months:
Players	0.5	50	45	0.695	23	27	0.688	33	17	0.136
Coaches	0.5	66	68	0.815	78	70	0.481	81	45	0.003*
Committee members	0.5	66	64	0.858	93	75	0.065	100	65	0.001*
Referees and other officials	0.5	3	14	0.118	7	12	0.504	30	22	0.511
Reviewed sports safety policies and plans in past 12 months	5	28	21	0.471	67	25	0.001*	74	37	0.003*

Inter, intervention.
*Significance set at p<0.05 with 95% CI. †Mean score and p value for independent samples t test (the χ² test was used to generate the other p values). ‡Out of a maximum score of 4.
Data are positive responses.