TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical activity-related injuries among university students
T2 - A multicentre crosssectional study in China
AU - Gao, Yang
AU - Cai, Weicong
AU - Gao, Lijie
AU - Wang, Jingjing
AU - Liang, Jiehui
AU - KWOK, Heather H M
AU - Jia, Cunxian
AU - Li, Liping
N1 - Funding Information:
Contributors YG, CJ and LL conceived and designed the study. WC, LG, JW, JL and HK collected data. YG and WC performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript. All authors drafted, edited and approved the final manuscript. Funding This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no 31640038).
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Objectives This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and preliminarily explore possible risk factors of physical activity-related injury (PARI) occurrences among Chinese university students via a multicentre mixed survey. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants A total of 4758 undergraduates graded 1-3 in nine universities in three Chinese cities were enrolled via cluster random sampling and completed the selfadministered online questionnaires during March and April 2017. Main outcome measures PARI in the past 12 months. Results Of the 4758 participants, 1081 sustained PARI in the past 12 months, with an overall PARI incidence rate of 22.7% (27.3% (367/1343) in males and 20.9%(714/3415) in females). Around one-quarter of the injured (26.4%) suffered from PARI over at least three episodes. More than half of the injured subjects experienced physical activity (PA) absenteeism and sought medical attention. All PA indicators were significantly and positively associated with PARI, with a frequency of sports and leisure-time vigorousintensity PA (VPA) participation being the strongest (adjusted OR: 1.079, 95% CI: 1.018 to 1.144). Moreover, males (OR=1.199), Shantou students (OR=4.239), year 1 students (OR=1.287), university and other sports team members (OR=1.717-2.360) and those with insufficient sleep time (OR=1.262-1.333) were also at a higher risk of PARI. Conclusions PARI is prevalent among university students in China. The frequency of sports and leisure-time VPA participation was most strongly associated with PARI among all PA indicators. These data can inform future programmes for injury intervention among university students. Safety issues should also be emphasised when promoting PA among the public to reduce PARI.
AB - Objectives This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and preliminarily explore possible risk factors of physical activity-related injury (PARI) occurrences among Chinese university students via a multicentre mixed survey. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants A total of 4758 undergraduates graded 1-3 in nine universities in three Chinese cities were enrolled via cluster random sampling and completed the selfadministered online questionnaires during March and April 2017. Main outcome measures PARI in the past 12 months. Results Of the 4758 participants, 1081 sustained PARI in the past 12 months, with an overall PARI incidence rate of 22.7% (27.3% (367/1343) in males and 20.9%(714/3415) in females). Around one-quarter of the injured (26.4%) suffered from PARI over at least three episodes. More than half of the injured subjects experienced physical activity (PA) absenteeism and sought medical attention. All PA indicators were significantly and positively associated with PARI, with a frequency of sports and leisure-time vigorousintensity PA (VPA) participation being the strongest (adjusted OR: 1.079, 95% CI: 1.018 to 1.144). Moreover, males (OR=1.199), Shantou students (OR=4.239), year 1 students (OR=1.287), university and other sports team members (OR=1.717-2.360) and those with insufficient sleep time (OR=1.262-1.333) were also at a higher risk of PARI. Conclusions PARI is prevalent among university students in China. The frequency of sports and leisure-time VPA participation was most strongly associated with PARI among all PA indicators. These data can inform future programmes for injury intervention among university students. Safety issues should also be emphasised when promoting PA among the public to reduce PARI.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021845
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021845
M3 - Article
C2 - 30244210
AN - SCOPUS:85054082503
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 8
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 9
M1 - e021845
ER -