Evaluation of Period of PURPLE Crying, an abusive head trauma prevention program.

The Period of PURPLE Crying program is used to educate parents and caregivers about normal infant crying and the dangers of infant shaking. We evaluated nurse-led, hospital-based implementation of the program using a nonexperimental, posttest-only design. New mothers rated the program as useful, and the program was effective in teaching mothers about normal infant crying, the dangers of infant shaking, and soothing and coping techniques.

Postinjury anxiety and social support among collegiate athletes: a comparison between orthopaedic injuries and concussions.

Context: When an athlete is injured, the primary focus of the sports medicine team is to treat the physical effects of the injury. However, many injured athletes experience negative psychological responses, including anxiety, regarding their injury.

Objective: To compare the anxiety and social support of athletes with concussions and a matched group of athletes with orthopaedic injuries.

Influence of symptoms of depression and anxiety on injury hazard among collegiate American football players.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of depression and anxiety symptoms on the prospective injury hazard among collegiate American football athletes. An open cohort of intercollegiate football players (n = 330) from two Division I universities were enrolled and followed during the 2008-2010 seasons. Of 330 enrolled players, 121 (36.