Investigation of Sports Science Students’ Awareness of Sports Injury Prevention

Spor Bilimleri Öğrencilerinin Spor Yaralanmalarından Korunma Farkındalığının İncelenmesi

Gülseren Yürekli¹ Hilal Bahçecioğlu² Fırat Bel³ Fatma Çelik Kayapınar⁴

*Correspondence: Hilal Bahçecioğlu hilal.bahcecioglu@idu.edu.tr
¹İzmir Demokrasi University,  Faculty of Health Sciences gulseren.yurekli@idu.edu.tr Orcid: 0000-0002-5195-4766
²İzmir Demokrasi University,  Faculty of Health Sciences hilal.bahcecioglu@idu.edu.tr Orcid: 0009-0004-7456-990X
³İzmir Demokrasi University,  Faculty of Health Sciences bel9496@hotmail.com Orcid: 0009-0007-2253-0183
⁴İzmir Demokrasi University,  Faculty of Health Sciences fatma.celik@idu.edu.tr Orcid: 0000-0002-2159-1706

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18889929

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Received / Gönderim: 12.12.2025 Accepted / Kabul: 22.02.2026 Published / Yayın: 28.02.2026

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the injury prevention awareness of sports sciences students and to examine its relationship with variables such as age, gender, sports discipline, years of sports experience, injury history, treatment status, injury region, and injury type. A quantitative descriptive survey design was used with 364 undergraduate students (137 females, 227 males) enrolled in sports sciences programs in İzmir during the 2023–2024 academic year. Awareness was assessed using the “Sports Injury Prevention Awareness Scale.” Results showed a small but significant gender effect favoring females in the environmental factors and equipment sub-dimension and total score. Small but significant differences were also found in the exercise session sub-dimension and total score in favor of team sports participants and those who had received prior treatment. Students with a history of sports injury showed higher awareness in the exercise session sub-dimension. No significant relationships were observed between age or sports experience and scale scores. The most common injury regions were the ankle (27.7%), knee (19.7%), and wrist (16.1%), while the most frequent injury types were sprain (23%), tear (20.1%), and fracture (16.8%). In conclusion, female students, team sports participants, and those with prior injuries or treatment had higher injury prevention awareness, highlighting the need for educational programs and accessible treatment to support informed and healthy sports professionals.

Keywords Sports Injury, Awareness, Student, Prevention, Sports Sciences

Öz

Araştırmada, spor bilimleri öğrencilerinin spor yaralanmalarından korunma farkındalıklarını tespit etmek ve elde edilen verilerin yaş, cinsiyet, spor branşı, spor yaşı, yaralanma geçmişi, tedavi alma durumu, yaralanma bölgesi ve yaralanma türü ile ilişkisini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, 2023–2024 eğitim-öğretim yılında İzmir’deki üniversitelerde spor bilimleri programlarında öğrenim gören 364 lisans öğrencisi (137 kadın, 227 erkek) ile nicel betimsel tarama modeli kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Farkındalık düzeyi “Spor Yaralanmalarından Korunma Farkındalığı Ölçeği” ile değerlendirilmiştir. Analizler, çevresel faktörler ve ekipman alt boyutu ile toplam puanda kadınlar lehine küçük fakat anlamlı farklar olduğunu göstermiştir. Egzersiz seansı alt boyutu ve toplam puanda, takım sporları ile ilgilenen ve daha önce tedavi almış öğrenciler lehine küçük fakat anlamlı farklılıklar saptanmıştır. Daha önce spor yaralanması geçirmiş öğrenciler, egzersiz seansı alt boyutunda daha yüksek farkındalık göstermiştir. Yaş ve spor deneyimi ile ölçek puanları arasında anlamlı ilişki bulunmamıştır. En sık yaralanma görülen bölgeler ayak bileği (%27,7), diz (%19,7) ve el bileği (%16,1), en yaygın yaralanma türleri ise burkulma (%23), yırtılma (%20,1) ve kırık (%16,8) olarak belirlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, kadın öğrenciler, takım sporlarıyla ilgilenenler ve önceki yaralanması veya tedavisi olan öğrenciler daha yüksek farkındalık göstermiştir. Bulgular, eğitim programları ve erişilebilir tedavi olanaklarının sağlanmasının bilinçli ve sağlıklı spor profesyonellerinin yetişmesine katkı sağlayacağını vurgulamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler Spor Yaralanmaları, Farkındalık, Öğrenci, Korunma, Spor Bilimleri.

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