Table 1 Participant characteristics and associations between overall knowledge versus background variables
| Â | Participant characteristics n (%) | Overall knowledge | Fisher exact p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not good n (%) | Good n (%) | ||||
Age |  < 40 years | 27 (73) | 10 (37) | 17 (63) | 0.436 |
40–59 years | 9 (24) | 5 (56) | 4 (44) | ||
 + 60 years | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||
Rugby coaching experience | 1–5 years | 7 (19) | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 0.021* |
6–10 years | 11 (30) | 5 (46) | 6 (55) | ||
11–15 years | 12 (32) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | ||
 + 15 years | 7 (19) | 3 (43) | 4 (57) | ||
First Aid qualification | No | 16 (43) | 7 (44) | 9 (56) | 0.729 |
Yes | 21 (57) | 8 (38) | 13 (62) | ||
BokSmart qualification | No | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0.403 |
Yes | 36 (97) | 15 (42) | 21 (58) | ||
School rugby player | No | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0.412 |
Yes | 36 (97) | 15 (42) | 21 (58) | ||
Personal concussion experience | Maybe | 2 (5) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 0.084 |
No | 9 (24) | 2 (22) | 7 (78) | ||
Yes | 26 (70) | 12 (46) | 14 (54) | ||
Coaching qualification | None | 3 (8) | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 0.837 |
WR Level 1 | 13 (35) | 5 (39) | 8 (62) | ||
WR Level 2 | 19 (51) | 9 (47) | 10 (53) | ||
WR Level 3 | 2 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | ||