High School Football and Adult Health
Observational Study of the Association of Participation in High School Football on Health in Late Adulthood
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Brief Summary
The primary aim of the study is to determine the effect of playing high school football on self-rated health in late adulthood. This is an observational study that will use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a longitudinal cohort of high school graduates from 1957, to compare graduates who played high school football with comparable graduates who did not play football on self-rated health, pain, functional ability, and weight at the age of 65 years.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jan 1957
Longer than P75 for all trials
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 1957
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2003
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 11, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 16, 2019
CompletedApril 18, 2019
April 1, 2019
46.9 years
April 11, 2019
April 16, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-rated Health
Subjects reported whether their health was excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor. We dichotomized subjects' responses, coding "excellent", "very good", and "good" as 0 and coding "fair" and "poor" as 1
Collected in 2003-2005 when participants were aged 65
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Pain that limits activities
Collected in 2003-2005 when participants were aged 65
Difficulty in Activities of Daily Living
Collected in 2003-2005 when participants were aged 65
Maximum Lifetime Body Mass Index
Collected in the WLS mail survey in 2004
Eligibility Criteria
Graduates of Wisconsin high schools in 1957. The data comes from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a long-term study of a random sample of 10,317 men and women who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957.
You may qualify if:
- Male
You may not qualify if:
- No yearbook information available to determine football playing status
- Sports participation in yearbook was not recorded under senior photo or in an index
- Played a high contact sport other than football (e.g. hockey)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Pennsylvanialead
- Massachusetts Institute of Technologycollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Timothy Gaulton, MD
University of Pennsylvania
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sameer Deshpande, PhD
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dylan Small, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Mark D Neuman, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- RETROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 11, 2019
First Posted
April 16, 2019
Study Start
January 1, 1957
Primary Completion
December 1, 2003
Study Completion
December 1, 2011
Last Updated
April 18, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share