Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes: a cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Giuliana R. Souza, Gabriel Garcez de Araujo Souza, Jamila Alessandra Perini, Rodrigo Araújo Goes, Victor Rodrigues Amaral Cossich, Jessica C. S. Rocha, Lucas Rafael Lopes, Vitor Almeida Ribeiro de Miranda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Original Paper
medicine.medical_specialty biology Athletes Cross-sectional study business.industry Associated factors Incidence (epidemiology) Public health COVID-19 Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Disease biology.organism_classification Logistic regression Asymptomatic Epidemiological Physiology (medical) Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Biology of Sport |
| ISSN: | 0860-021X |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges and implications for the sports community. Thus, this study aimed to describe the prevalence of COVID-19 in Brazilian athletes and identify the epidemiological, clinical, athletic, life and health factors associated with the disease in these individuals. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 414 athletes from 22 different sports using an online questionnaire from August to November 2020. The association between the athletes' characteristics and COVID-19 was evaluated using a logistic regression model. The prevalence of COVID-19 was 8.5%, although only 40% of athletes reported having been tested. Being under 27 years of age (3-fold), having children (~ 5-fold), having a teammate test positive for COVID-19 (2.5-fold), and smoking (14-fold) were associated with a possible higher risk of disease. Almost 20% of athletes self-reported musculoskeletal injuries during the period of the pandemic that was studied. Athletes with a university education (P = 0.02), a profession other than sports (P < 0.001), those from a low-income family (P = 0.01), and public health system users (P = 0.04) were significantly less frequently tested for COVID-19, whereas international competitors, athletes who received a wage, and athletes who had a teammate who tested positive for COVID-19 were 2-, 3-, and 15-fold more likely to be tested for COVID-19, respectively. Approximately 26% of the athletes who tested negative or were untested reported more than three characteristic COVID-19 symptoms, and 11% of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic. The identification of modifiable (have children, smoking, and teammates positively tested) and non-modifiable (age under 27 years) factors related to COVID-19 in athletes can contribute to implementing surveillance programmes to decrease the incidence of COVID-19 in athletes and its negative impacts in sports. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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