Procedures

In mid-October of 2013, an e-mail was sent out by the BOC to all 1835 ATs certified between January and September. The e-mail contained information regarding our purpose, inclusion criteria, an invitation to participate, and a link to the survey. Participants were given 4 weeks to complete the survey. Reminder e-mails were sent 1 week and 2 weeks later to increase response rates. Athletic trainers who qualified for the study and were willing to participate completed the survey on the online platform Qualtrics (Qualtrics LLC, Provo, UT) from the Web link located in the recruitment e-mail.