School of Health, The University of Northampton, Northampton, UK.
Br J Sports Med. 2013 Jan;47(1):40-3. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090439. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
To analyse athletes' medical information disclosed by English newspapers.
Ten daily national newspapers, nine Sunday newspapers and one local newspaper were studied during March 2010 for media releases relating to the medical conditions of athletes.
Three hundred and thirty-three newspapers were reviewed revealing 5640 specific bulletins regarding athletes' health. Daily national newspapers averaged 18.72 daily bulletins, Sunday newspapers 11.86 and one local newspaper reviewed 6.07. The frequency with which various sports had their athletes' medical details published was analysed. Football accounted for 83.78%. The information source in 77.32% of articles is not clearly stated. The patient was only responsible in 6.10% of cases, where the source of attribution is clear.
English newspapers are replete with athletes' medical details, with football dominant. A significant risk to clinicians' professional status exists if they collude to release the un-consented confidential medical information to those with no direct involvement in athletes' medical care. Athletes' education as to their rights as patients and to sports medicine professionals as to their obligations are urgently required.
分析英文报纸披露的运动员医疗信息。
2010 年 3 月，对 10 份日报、9 份周报和 1 份地方报纸进行了研究，以获取与运动员健康状况相关的媒体报道。
共查阅了 333 份报纸，发现了 5640 条关于运动员健康的具体公告。日报平均每天发布 18.72 条公告，周报平均发布 11.86 条，而所研究的一份地方报纸则发布了 6.07 条。对各种运动项目发布运动员医疗细节公告的频率进行了分析。足球占 83.78%。77.32%的文章没有明确说明信息来源。在明确说明归属来源的情况下，仅有 6.10%的情况下运动员是负责的。
英文报纸充斥着大量的运动员医疗细节信息，其中以足球为主。如果临床医生串通一气，将未经同意的机密医疗信息泄露给与运动员医疗护理无直接关系的人，将对他们的职业地位构成重大风险。运动员需要了解自己作为患者的权利，而运动医学专业人员则需要了解自己的义务，这是迫切需要的。
