The communities’ knowledge, perception, and expectations toward sports injury management and sports achievements

Abstract

This article aims to measure how much knowledge, perception, and expectations society has regarding sports injury management and sports achievement. This research is descriptive quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. Total respondents in the study as many as 290 people. The data collected are demographic data and statements about knowledge, perceptions, and expectations regarding general health, injury, and sporting achievement. This statement is measured using the Likert scale. The majority of respondents were vulnerable aged 10-19 years (53.8%), and 62.8% of respondents from the general public. The frequency of physical activity performed by respondents was 2x/week (43.1%). Respondents' answers were in the excellent category for knowledge (70.3%), strongly agreed to perception (61.7%) expectations (73.8%). The entire group of both age, last education occupation, residence, respondent type, injury history, and frequency of physical activity had a sig > 0.05, which means no group is significantly related to both knowledge, perception, and expectations. The lack of sports medicine personnel causes most sports injuries currently managed by primary health facilities. Simultaneously, the treatment of sports injuries needs to be handled quickly and appropriately to prevent greater risk. If the handling of sports injuries is dealt with by people who have improper competence, it will impact the future of the athlete. Therefore, every sport of achievement needs to get assistance from sports medicine personnel. The system of mentoring athletes by competent doctors in sports, also supports the improvement of sports achievement coaching. Keywords: sport injury management, sport achievement, knowledge, perception, expectations