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Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status
BACKGROUND: Hypohydration can have significant implications on normal physiological functions of the body. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the impact of agitation, storage temperature, and storage time on urine osmolality compared to the criterion control. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We used a d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715967 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.24041 |
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author | Adams, Heather M Eberman, Lindsey E Yeargin, Susan W Niemann, Andrew J Mata, Heather L Dziedzicki, David J |
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description | BACKGROUND: Hypohydration can have significant implications on normal physiological functions of the body. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the impact of agitation, storage temperature, and storage time on urine osmolality compared to the criterion control. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We used a descriptive diagnostic validity test design. To investigate agitation, we recruited 75 healthy individuals (males = 41, females = 34; mean age = 22 ± 5 years; mean self-reported height = 172 ± 23 cm and mass = 77 ± 17 kg) who provided one or more samples (total = 81). The independent variables were agitation (vortex, hand shaken, no agitation) and temperature (room temperature, freezer, and refrigerator) type. Participants completed informed consent, a health questionnaire and were asked to provide a urine sample, which was split and labeled according to agitation type or storage temperature. Urine osmolality was used to determine hydration status at two time points (within 2 hours [control], 48 hours). We used t-tests to determine the difference between each condition and the control and calculated percent error for each condition. RESULTS: No significant differences for no agitation (t(79) = -0.079, P = 0.937), hand shaken (t(79) = 1.395, P = 0.167) or vortex mixed (t(79) = -0.753, P = 0.453) were identified when compared to the criterion control. No significant differences for room temperature (t(82) = -0.720, P = 0.474), refrigerator (t(82) = -2.697, P = 0.008) or freezer (t(82) = 2.576, P = 0.012) were identified when compared to the criterion control. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest agitation of urine specimen is not necessary and samples do not require refrigeration or freezing if assessed within 48 hours. Analysis within two hours of collection is not necessary and samples can be stored for up to 48 hours without impacting the hydration status of the sample. |
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spelling | pubmed-46913052015-12-29 Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status Adams, Heather M Eberman, Lindsey E Yeargin, Susan W Niemann, Andrew J Mata, Heather L Dziedzicki, David J Asian J Sports Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Hypohydration can have significant implications on normal physiological functions of the body. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the impact of agitation, storage temperature, and storage time on urine osmolality compared to the criterion control. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We used a descriptive diagnostic validity test design. To investigate agitation, we recruited 75 healthy individuals (males = 41, females = 34; mean age = 22 ± 5 years; mean self-reported height = 172 ± 23 cm and mass = 77 ± 17 kg) who provided one or more samples (total = 81). The independent variables were agitation (vortex, hand shaken, no agitation) and temperature (room temperature, freezer, and refrigerator) type. Participants completed informed consent, a health questionnaire and were asked to provide a urine sample, which was split and labeled according to agitation type or storage temperature. Urine osmolality was used to determine hydration status at two time points (within 2 hours [control], 48 hours). We used t-tests to determine the difference between each condition and the control and calculated percent error for each condition. RESULTS: No significant differences for no agitation (t(79) = -0.079, P = 0.937), hand shaken (t(79) = 1.395, P = 0.167) or vortex mixed (t(79) = -0.753, P = 0.453) were identified when compared to the criterion control. No significant differences for room temperature (t(82) = -0.720, P = 0.474), refrigerator (t(82) = -2.697, P = 0.008) or freezer (t(82) = 2.576, P = 0.012) were identified when compared to the criterion control. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest agitation of urine specimen is not necessary and samples do not require refrigeration or freezing if assessed within 48 hours. Analysis within two hours of collection is not necessary and samples can be stored for up to 48 hours without impacting the hydration status of the sample. Kowsar 2015-12-01 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4691305/ /pubmed/26715967 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.24041 Text en Copyright © 2015, Sports Medicine Research Center. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Adams, Heather M Eberman, Lindsey E Yeargin, Susan W Niemann, Andrew J Mata, Heather L Dziedzicki, David J Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title | Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title_full | Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title_fullStr | Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title_short | Effects of Agitation and Storage Temperature on Measurements of Hydration Status |
title_sort | effects of agitation and storage temperature on measurements of hydration status |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715967 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.24041 |
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