Naslov
Epidemiology and impact of travellers’ diarrhoea on participants in the pre-Olympic test event Aquec Rio 2015

Autori
Nikolić, Nebojša ; Steffen, Robert ; Bilić-Zulle, Lidija

Izvornik
British journal of sports medicine (0306-3674) 51 (2017), 21; 1572-1573

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Brazil ; Diarrhoea ; athletes ; olympics ; sailing ; travel

Sažetak
Sailing competitions during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place in the sewage polluted Guanabara Bay. After strong media exposure a year before the Games, World Sailing deployed a medical team to study the impact of the environment on participants, particularly to assess the epidemiology and impact of travellers’ diarrhoea (TD) on athletes participating in the pre-Olympic test event in August 2015. A total of 688 persons participated in the Aquec Rio 2015 sailing event and received a questionnaire from the cross-sectional study ; 396 questionnaires were included in the study (response rate 57.6%). There is no significant difference in occurrence of TD between groups of participants according to water exposure in Guanabara Bay.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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