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Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer?
Excessive sun exposure is the main avoidable cause of skin cancer. Outdoor sports performed without adequate photoprotection are risky practices in this respect. This study examines whether elite athletes in water sports (specifically surfing, windsurfing, and sailing) take appropriate measures to p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7832317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33477791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020800 |
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author | De Castro-Maqueda, Guillermo Gutierrez-Manzanedo, Jose V. Lagares-Franco, Carolina de Troya-Martin, Magdalena |
author_facet | De Castro-Maqueda, Guillermo Gutierrez-Manzanedo, Jose V. Lagares-Franco, Carolina de Troya-Martin, Magdalena |
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description | Excessive sun exposure is the main avoidable cause of skin cancer. Outdoor sports performed without adequate photoprotection are risky practices in this respect. This study examines whether elite athletes in water sports (specifically surfing, windsurfing, and sailing) take appropriate measures to protect their skin from the sun, and whether there are differences in this respect according to age, gender, or sports discipline. This study is based on a questionnaire-based health survey. World championship competitors completed a self-administered questionnaire on their sun protection and exposure habits, as well as sunburns during the last sports season. In total, 246 participants, with an age range of 16–30 years, completed the questionnaire. Of these, 49.6% used inadequate sun protection. Those who protected their skin appropriately tended to be older than those who did not (average age = 23.28 and 20.69 years, respectively; p = 0.000). There were no significant differences in sun protection habits between male and female athletes. The rate of sunburn was very high (76.7%). A high proportion (22.5%) of participants never used sunscreen. Elite athletes in water sports are at real risk of skin lesions from overexposure to the sun, associated with inadequate photoprotection practices. Campaigns to raise awareness and to promote the early detection of skin cancer should target these risk groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-78323172021-01-26 Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? De Castro-Maqueda, Guillermo Gutierrez-Manzanedo, Jose V. Lagares-Franco, Carolina de Troya-Martin, Magdalena Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Excessive sun exposure is the main avoidable cause of skin cancer. Outdoor sports performed without adequate photoprotection are risky practices in this respect. This study examines whether elite athletes in water sports (specifically surfing, windsurfing, and sailing) take appropriate measures to protect their skin from the sun, and whether there are differences in this respect according to age, gender, or sports discipline. This study is based on a questionnaire-based health survey. World championship competitors completed a self-administered questionnaire on their sun protection and exposure habits, as well as sunburns during the last sports season. In total, 246 participants, with an age range of 16–30 years, completed the questionnaire. Of these, 49.6% used inadequate sun protection. Those who protected their skin appropriately tended to be older than those who did not (average age = 23.28 and 20.69 years, respectively; p = 0.000). There were no significant differences in sun protection habits between male and female athletes. The rate of sunburn was very high (76.7%). A high proportion (22.5%) of participants never used sunscreen. Elite athletes in water sports are at real risk of skin lesions from overexposure to the sun, associated with inadequate photoprotection practices. Campaigns to raise awareness and to promote the early detection of skin cancer should target these risk groups. MDPI 2021-01-19 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7832317/ /pubmed/33477791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020800 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article De Castro-Maqueda, Guillermo Gutierrez-Manzanedo, Jose V. Lagares-Franco, Carolina de Troya-Martin, Magdalena Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title | Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title_full | Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title_fullStr | Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title_full_unstemmed | Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title_short | Sun Exposure during Water Sports: Do Elite Athletes Adequately Protect Their Skin against Skin Cancer? |
title_sort | sun exposure during water sports: do elite athletes adequately protect their skin against skin cancer? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7832317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33477791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020800 |
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