Assessing concussion knowledge and awareness in faculty and staff in a collegiate setting

Purpose To examine faculty and academic support staff members’ awareness and knowledge regarding concussions. Design Cross-sectional, web-based questionnaire. Setting Division II collegiate setting. Subjects A total of 123 collegiate faculty, administrative and academic support staff participated in the study. Measure(s): Participants completed the Faculty and Staff Concussion Awareness and Knowledge Survey. Analysis: Descriptive statistics were compiled for demographic information within the survey. Analysis of variance was performed on concussion awareness and concussion knowledge survey questions. Results The majority of the sample had teaching responsibilities in the University (75%). There was a significant effect of college departments within the university on individuals’ level of awareness (F (5, 117) = 9.74, p