Relationship between cricket participation, health and well-being: scoping review protocol

Abstract

IntroductionCricket is a popular sport played by 2.5 billion people of all ages and abilities. However, cricket participation is decreasing in the UK, despite an increased focus of governments on increasing sport participation to enhance public health. Understanding the health benefits and mitigating the health risks of cricket participation may help cricket organisations promote cricket participation while optimising the long-term health of cricket participants. Currently, there is no literature review on the relationship between cricket participation, health and well-being; thus, this relationship remains unclear. Therefore, the aims of this scoping review were (1) to investigate the relationship between cricket participation, health and well-being and (ii) to identify the research gaps related to cricket, health and well-being.Methods and analysisDue to the broad nature of our research question and the large number of health outcomes assessed within the cricket literature and to facilitate identification of research gaps, a scoping review methodology was used. The methodology of this paper was informed by previous scoping review protocols and best practice methodological frameworks. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, Web of Science and PEDro and grey literature sources (Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN Registry and ProQuest) will be systematically searched. Studies that assess a construct related to health and/or well-being in current and/or former cricketers from all ages and standards of play will be eligible. Two reviewers will independently screen full texts of identified studies for eligibility and will perform data extraction. Results will be presented in tabular and graphical forms and will be reported descriptively.Ethics and disseminationThis research is exempt from ethics approval due to the data being available through published and public available resources. Results will be published in a peer-reviewed sports and exercise medicine journal regardless of positive or negative findings. In addition, results will be disseminated through multiple platforms, including conference presentations and social media using multimedia resources (eg, infographics, animations, videos, podcasts and blogs), to engage stakeholder groups, including cricketers, cricket coaches, sporting bodies, sports medicine professionals and policy makers. There findings will inform clinical decision making, policy changes and future research agendas.

The Relationship Between Cricket Participation, Health, and Wellbeing: A Systematic Scoping Review

“…Article characteristics were collated to map the overall trends in the data via publication year, country of origin, study design, and theme. For further theme development, please refer to the protocol [38].…”

“…This research methodology is appropriate for this due to the broad nature of the scientific question, the need to identify gaps in the literature, and the purpose of informing cricket stakeholders of future research directions. This scoping review (and previously published protocol [38]) was based on best practice methodology, [39][40][41] the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR), [42] and relevant published scoping reviews [43]. The scoping process involved: identify the research question; identify relevant studies; study selection using a priori inclusion/exclusion criteria; chart data; and collate, summarise, and report results.…”

“…For full patient public involvement description, please refer to the protocol [38]. Briefly, an international stakeholder group was established to discuss preliminary results and findings.…”

“…A second author (NKPP) completed the same screening process on a random sample of 10 % of the articles [43]. If differences in screening was below 90 %, the second author (NKPP) would perform the entire title and abstract screening [38]. Author screening agreement was 97 % with a Kappa of 0.99, consequently a full title and abstract screening was not performed by two authors.…”

A Systematic Review of Head, Neck and-Facial Injuries in Cricket

“…These four countries share similar sports science and sports medicine support structures that collect routine cricket injury surveillance data [49]. Only five studies in this review are from the eight other countries with ICC test status, with five of those being Asian sub-continent countries where popularity and participation in cricket is very high [50]. Knowledge and understanding of the differences between playing conditions (e. g., type, size of the grounds, materials used for boundary lines), availability of protective equipment (e. g. helmets which comply British Standards), resources and education available for cricket injury prevention will be beneficial to determine whether there are differences in HNF injuries between the countries and hence the need for tailored injury prevention strategies.…”