Psychosocial Risk Factors for Injury in Performing Artists: A Scoping Review of Screening and Predictive Tools

The performing arts are a broad church and include artists from various [fi]elds including dance, music and circus. Despite obvious differences in disciplines, much is shared in terms of an elevated risk of injury, and a common identity as a performer and artist. Injury screening protocols are imperative to mitigate injury risk. However, current programmes focus overwhelmingly on physical risks for injury and fail to appropriately consider psychosocial drivers injury affecting this cohort. This scoping review will synthesize the information on tools used to evaluate psychosocial factors related to injury in non-recreational performing artists, to identify robust instruments for use in future screening protocols. The scoping review will conform to Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Evidence Synthesis guidelines. Multiple databases relating to health, medicine, kinesiology, sport and dance will be searched for relevant articles. Two independent reviewers will conduct title and abstract screening followed by full-text screening. Data charting will be completing using a modi[fi]ed standardised form. Descriptive results will be reported using tabular and graphical media. The published scoping review will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders in the performing arts as well as to clinicians working with these artists. The resulting outputs will be in the form of both peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed publications (e.g. blog posts, academic publications and conference presentations to reach key stakeholders such as performing artists and their support teams). An infographic of key [fi]ndings will be developed and shared on social media platforms as appropriate. Ethical approval was not required for this study. What is already known on this topic- Although injury in the performing arts is extremely prevalent with implications for the biopsychological and [fi]nancial wellbeing of the artists, there are few screening instruments which consider drivers of injury apart from physical factors. What this study adds- this study will identify psychosocial screening and predictive tools used to identify injury in performing artists, and the psychometric properties and utility of each. How this study might affect research, practice or policy- the outputs of this scoping review will raise stakeholder awareness of the psychosocial drivers of injury in performing artists. It will also identify a range of robust instruments that will aid in the holistic identi[fi]cation of those artists at risk of injury.