Prevalence of Various Diving Related Health Problems in SCUBA Divers

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Prävalenz von verschiedenen sportartspezifischen Gesundheitsproblemen bei Tauchern
Autor:Ahmed, Sheeba
Erschienen in:International journal of sports science
Veröffentlicht:5 (2015), 3, S. 108-112, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:2169-8759, 2169-8791
DOI:10.5923/j.sports.20150503.03
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201508006280
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

There is a dearth of scientific studies on some common health related problems as sea sickness and headache that do not pose any immediate danger to a diver’s life. However, these problems are ruining the diving holidays of numerous people and may also lead to other life threatening situations like drowning.Present study is aimed to outline prevalent health problems in SCUBA divers and if these problems are associated with frequency of diving, certification level, age, experience, and some other pre-existing medical conditions of a diver?An electronic questionnaire was prepared using the Google form application feature of the Google. The questionnaire contained multiple questions on pre-existing illness and most common diving related health problems experienced by divers. Through a social networking site, responses of divers were collected. A total of forty seven divers responded. Calculations were performed using the Chi square test.Pain in the ear was the most prevalent problem, experienced by 35% divers, followed by headache (21% divers) and sea sickness (17% divers). Most common problem for divers was pain in the ear (25% divers), sea sickness (15%), and headache (8%). These problems were not found associated with frequency of diving, certification level, number of dives, age of the diver, and some pre existing medical conditions, except pain in the ear that was found associated with pre existing medical conditions (motion sickness, any form of respiratory discomfort, panic attack & phobias, recurrent ear problems, and migraine headaches).Present study reveals that sea sickness is very common among the divers, thus it requires greater scientific attention. As expected, pain in the ear, turned out to be the most common problem experienced by the divers. However, experience and certification level of a diver did not improve a diver’s ability to handle this problem. This indicates that present equalization techniques require amelioration. Verf.-Referat