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Attitudes towards the use of mouth and face guards in Swedish ice hockey: part I. Materials and method
Author(s) -
Glendor Ulf,
Göransson Anne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/edt.12036
Subject(s) - ice hockey , elite , psychology , face to face , face (sociological concept) , club , set (abstract data type) , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , sociology , computer science , political science , social science , politics , epistemology , philosophy , law , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , programming language
Background/aim The most common method to study the use and attitudes of mouth and face guards is a limited number of preprepared questions. This approach, however, risks information restriction and lowers the general value of the study. The aim of this study was therefore to present a phenomenographic approach to capture the use and attitudes towards mouth and face guards in two S wedish ice hockey clubs. Materials and method The phenomenographic study was set up as 12 focus group interviews: six interviews with one elite and six interviews with one division 3 ice hockey club in S weden. A number of categories were identified, which became the basis for how the results are presented. Results The participants inspired each other to speak freely, which allowed for much wider and deeper discussions than was expected. In comparison with the use of a preprepared questionnaire with a limited number of questions sent home by post, this method included comments from the participants and revealed new angles of approach in 12 identified categories. Conclusions Using a phenomenographic research method, more variations and different apprehensions could be revealed than what would be possible with a set of preprepared questions sent by post or used in individual interviews.