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Failure to Participate in Sports: An Evaluation of Preparticipation Physicals in a Local School District

Namita Bhardwaj, Grant S. Pierre, Alexandra P. Halloran, Taylor C. Alexander, Stacy H. Leung, Yu Lu and Kendall M. Campbell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2023, 36 (6) 1033-1037; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1
Namita Bhardwaj
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Grant S. Pierre
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Alexandra P. Halloran
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Taylor C. Alexander
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Stacy H. Leung
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Yu Lu
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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    Table 1.

    Reasons for Non-Clearance (n = 178)

    Frequencies n (%)
    Vision72 (40.4%)
    Cardiovascular45 (25.3%)
    Medical21 (11.8%)
    Orthopedic31 (17.4%)
    Multiple Reasons9 (5.1%)
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    Table 2.

    Reasons for Non-Clearance, Stratified by Gender

    Genderχ2/Fisher’s Exact Test
    Total N (%)Female N (%)Male N (%)
    Reasons for Non-clearance (n = 170)
     Vision71 (41.8%)29 (38.7%)42 (44.2%)2.19, P = .14
     Heart43 (25.3%)17 (22.7%)26 (27.4%)
     Orthopedic31 (18.2%)19 (25.3%)a12 (12.6%)b
     Medical17 (10.0%)8 (10.7%)9 (9.5%)
     Multiple Reasons8 (4.7%)2 (2.7%)6 (6.3%)
    Total N (%)Female N (%)Male N (%)χ2/Fisher’s Exact Test
    Subcategory Analysis for Vision Reasons (n = 71)
     Vision Non-Glasses Related44 (62.0%)15 (51.7%)29 (69.0%)2.19, P = .14
     Vision Due to Glasses27 (38.0%)14 (48.3%)13 (31.0%)
    Total N (%)Female N (%)Male N (%)χ2/Fisher’s Exact Test
    Subcategory Analysis for Heart Reasons (n = 43)
     Cardiac29 (67.4%)16 (94.1%)a13 (50.0%)b9.11, P < .01
     Blood Pressure14 (32.6%)1 (5.9%)a13 (50.0%)b
    • Notes: The reported % are column percentages. asignificantly different from males at 0.05 level based on post hoc Bonferroni test, bsignificantly different from females at 0.05 level based on post hoc Bonferroni test.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2023, 36 (6) 1033-1037; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2023, 36 (6) 1033-1037; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1
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