A questionnaire study on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of fluid replacement and urination among Chinese elite athletes

To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of Chinese elite athletes about fluid replacement and urination. A cross-section study was carried out among Chinese national and national youth teams from March to April 2020, using a pretested questionnaire. The 42-questions questionnaire wa...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-10, Vol.17 (10), p.e0275685-e0275685
Main Authors: Song, Ge, Yan, Yi, Zhao, Haotian, Chen, Junying, Deng, Yimin, Zhu, Wenge, Sun, Lingyu, Ma, Guansheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Attitudes
Biology and Life Sciences
Chi-square test
Correlation analysis
Dehydration (Physiology)
Drinking (Physiology)
Education
Educational aspects
Exercise
Health aspects
Hydration
Knowledge
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition
Olympic games
Prevention
Questionnaires
Rehydration
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Social Sciences
Sports
Sports facilities
Statistical analysis
Summer
Teams
Thirst
Training
Urination
Urine
Urology
Variance analysis
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Summary:To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of Chinese elite athletes about fluid replacement and urination. A cross-section study was carried out among Chinese national and national youth teams from March to April 2020, using a pretested questionnaire. The 42-questions questionnaire was designed to assess the KAP regarding fluid replacement and urination. The questionnaire included knowledge of fluid replacement (KFR), attitudes of fluid replacement (AFR), knowledge of urination (KU), and attitudes of urination (AU), which were awarded 20 scoring points. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, Multiple linear stepwise regression and Chi-square test were performed. A total of 779 valid questionnaires were collected and the effective rate is 98.4%. We finally conducted an assessment of 646 questionnaires of elite athletes. The mean score for KFR, AFR, KU, and AU was 2.8±1.3, 2.3±0.6, 3.0±1.5, and 2.1±0.8, respectively, with higher scores indicating positive hydration knowledge and attitudes. KFR and AFR scores of winter sports athletes were higher than those of summer sports athletes(P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0275685