Asthma and asthma medication are common among recreational athletes participating in endurance sport competitions

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Nikolai Stenfors - Umeå University, Medicine unit orcid

Description

Asthma prevalence is high among elite endurance athletes, but little is known about its prevalence among competitive recreational athletes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-reported asthma and asthma medication use among competitive recreational endurance athletes, and their association with training.
A web survey on asthma and medication was conducted among 38,603 adult participants of three Swedish endurance competitions (cross-country running, cross-country skiing, and swimming).

Purpose:

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence among competitive recreational endurance athletes of self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma and asthma medication use and their association with training.

Subject area

Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Sport and Fitness Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

exercise, asthma, sports medicine, prevalence

Principal organisation

Umeå University

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Nikolai Stenfors - Umeå University, Medicine unit orcid

Identifiers

SND-ID: EXT 0276

Description

Asthma prevalence is high among elite endurance athletes, but little is known about its prevalence among competitive recreational athletes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-reported asthma and asthma medication use among competitive recreational endurance athletes, and their association with training.
A web survey on asthma and medication was conducted among 38,603 adult participants of three Swedish endurance competitions (cross-country running, cross-country skiing, and swimming).

Purpose:

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence among competitive recreational endurance athletes of self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma and asthma medication use and their association with training.

Time period(s) investigated

2014-09-01 — 2015-07-30

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Population

Athlets registered for participation in three large Swedish endurance competitions open to the public: Lidingöloppet(cross-country running), Vasaloppet (cross-country skiing), and Vansbrosimningen (swimming)

Time Method

Ethics Review

Umeå — Ref. 2014/287-31

Subject area

Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Sport and Fitness Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

exercise, asthma, sports medicine, prevalence

Contact for questions about the data

Nikolai Stenfors

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Publications

Amanda Näsman, Tommie Irewall, Ulf Hållmarker, Anne Lindberg, and Nikolai Stenfors, “Asthma and Asthma Medication Are Common among Recreational Athletes Participating in Endurance Sport Competitions,” Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 2018, Article ID 3238546, 7 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3238546.

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Published: 2018-11-20