Hi All
Has anyone completed the following survey ?
What are peoples thoughts/ideas on the survey and end result ?
Wet and Wild: assessing injuries among recreational water users INFORMATION SHEET
What’s it all about?
There has been a huge rise in the number of people taking up kite surfing, water skiing, and jet skiing in the last few years. As a consequence, the number of injuries among these water users may also have increased but in Western Australia the rate of injuries is not known. We are researchers at the Schools of Population Health and Sport Science, Exercise and Health at the University of Western Australia who are looking at injuries among kite surfers, water skiers, and jet ski riders. This project is a pilot study to identify the range of injuries and intends to:
(a) explore and describe the risks and protective factors associated with injury, including safety and training practices, among kite surfers, water skiers, and jet ski riders in WA; and
(b) identify, describe, and compare injury incidence among kite surfers, water skiers, and jet ski riders aged 17 years and over.
Using the information from this study we will be able to identify strategies that can help to protect kite surfers, water skiers, and jet skiers from injury.
How are we going to do it?
We will use a web-based survey to ask questions about how long you have been active in your water sport, the places you go to practise/compete, the types of equipment you use, what you do before/during your activity, and information about any injuries you have had within the last year as a result of your water activity.
We are recruiting kite surfers, water skiers, and jet skiers, who use metropolitan and Peel region waters, who are aged over 17 years, and who have been involved with their activity for at least one year. If you agree to participate in the study, we will ask you to sign a consent form and provide us with a contact telephone number. We will ring you a week later to find out if you are still interested in taking part in the study. If you decide to opt out at this point, we will make no further contact with you. If you choose to continue with the study, we will ask for an email address to send you information about completing the online survey.
When we email you, we will include a web address and a validation code. The validation code is the only way you will be identified in the survey. Your name, phone number, email address, and any other identification details will not be included in the final survey data. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
After you complete the online survey, you will be entered into a prize draw to win vouchers for a water sport shop specific to your activity. We will contact you up to three times, either by email or phone, to remind you to complete the questionnaire. Once you have completed the survey or we have reminded you three times, we will not make any further contact with you and your participation in the study will have ended. If you would like, we can send you the results of the study.
Why have we asked you?
You have been asked to participate because you are a kite surfer, a water skier, or a jet skier. We are recruiting people who have participated in these activities for at least a year and are over the age of 17 years.
If you choose to participate, you do so voluntarily and may withdraw without reason or prejudice at any stage of the study. Although there is a low risk that the information you supply may be subpoenaed, we will not link any identifying information with your responses and the results of the study will not be published in any way that identifies you as an individual participant. All the information provided will be treated as strictly confidential and kept in a password protected computer within the School of Population Health at UWA, in accordance with government guidelines.
The results from this pilot study will be published in journals and presented to WA government agencies so that all the relevant water safety organisations can help in protecting kite surfers, water skiers, and jet skiers from injury.
What’s in it for you?
By completing the survey you will go into the draw to win a $50 voucher from a water sports shop. The information you provide will help us to build knowledge about the sort of injuries sustained by kite surfers, water skiers, and jet boat riders. The results from this study will be used to develop strategies to reduce the risk of injury for people participating in these activities.
What’s the small print?
No nasty small print! You are free to withdraw from further participation at any stage of the study and without prejudice in any way. You need give no reason or justification for such a decision. If you do withdraw, any records relating to you will be destroyed unless you agree otherwise.
The ethics approval for this study, obtained from the UWA Human Research Ethics Committee, protects you as a participant. If you would like to discuss anything about this survey, please contact Dr Terri Pikora on 08 6488 7057 or Dr Rebecca Braham on 08 6488 2365. If you would like to discuss this research with a person outside the study team, please contact Ms Kate Kirk (Secretary, Human Research Ethics Committee) at UWA on 08 6488 3703.
Any questions?
If you would like any more information about this study, please ask! Contact Catherine Hill (Research Assistant for the project) at the School of Population Health, UWA either by phone (08 6488 1305) or email (
[email protected]).
CONSENT FORM
Wet and Wild study: assessing injuries among recreational water users
I, ___________________________________________ (print name) have read the information provided and any questions I have asked have been answered to my satisfaction. I agree to participate in this activity, realising that I may withdraw at any time without reason and without prejudice.
I understand that all information provided is treated as strictly confidential and will not be released by the investigator. The only exception to this principle of confidentiality is if documents are required by law. I have been advised as to what data is being collected, what the purpose is, and what will be done with the data upon completion of the research.
I agree that research data gathered for the study may be published provided my name or other identifying information is not used.
______________ __________________
Participant Date
The Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Western Australia requires that all participants are informed that, if they have any complaint regarding the manner in which a research project is conducted, it may be given to the researcher or alternatively to the Secretary, Human Research Ethics Committee Registrar’s Office, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009 (telephone number 6488 3707). All study participants will be provided with a copy of the Information Sheet and a copy of the Consent Form for their personal records.
Should you have any questions regarding the study please contact:
Ms Catherine Hill (Research Assistant for the project) on 6488 1305 or
Dr Terri Pikora on 6488 7057 or
Dr Rebecca Braham on 6488 2365.
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