Matthews Alexander, Pyne David, Saunders Philo, Fallon Kieran, Fricker Peter
Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Open Access J Sports Med. 2010 Mar 23;1:15-22. doi: 10.2147/oajsm.s7654. eCollection 2010.
To develop and evaluate a questionnaire that quantifies the self-reported frequency, duration and severity of illness symptoms in highly-trained athletes. We examined whether runners had more symptoms than recreationally-active individuals, and whether runners more prone to illness were undertaking more strenuous training programs.
A daily illness questionnaire was administered for three months during the summer to quantify the type, frequency, duration, and severity of illness symptoms as well as the functional impact on the ability to undertake exercise performance. A total of 35 participants (12 highly-trained runners living in a community setting and 23 recreationally-active medical students) completed the questionnaire.
Runners had a similar frequency of illness (2.1 ± 1.2 vs. 1.8 ± 2.3 episodes, mean ± SD, P = 0.58), but substantially longer duration (5.5 ± 9.9 vs 2.8 ± 3.1 days, P < 0.01) and illness load (7.7 ± 16.2 vs 4.5 ± 4.8 units, P = 0.001) than age- and sex-matched recreationally-active individuals respectively. Runners more prone to illness symptoms had marginally higher training loads.
The athlete illness questionnaire is useful for quantifying the pattern of self-reported symptoms of illness in field settings. Highly-trained runners experience longer episodes of illness with a greater impact on daily activity than recreationally-active individuals.
开发并评估一份问卷，用于量化高水平运动员自我报告的疾病症状出现频率、持续时间和严重程度。我们研究了跑步运动员的症状是否比休闲运动的人更多，以及更容易生病的跑步运动员是否进行了更剧烈的训练计划。
在夏季进行了为期三个月的每日疾病问卷调查，以量化疾病症状的类型、频率、持续时间和严重程度，以及对运动表现能力的功能影响。共有35名参与者（12名居住在社区的高水平跑步运动员和23名休闲运动的医学生）完成了问卷。
与年龄和性别匹配的休闲运动个体相比，跑步运动员的疾病发作频率相似（2.1±1.2次 vs. 1.8±2.3次，均值±标准差，P = 0.58），但疾病持续时间显著更长（5.5±9.9天 vs 2.8±3.1天，P < 0.01），疾病负荷也更高（7.7±16.2单位 vs 4.5±4.8单位，P = 0.001）。更容易出现疾病症状的跑步运动员训练负荷略高。
运动员疾病问卷有助于在实际环境中量化自我报告的疾病症状模式。与休闲运动的个体相比，高水平跑步运动员的疾病发作持续时间更长，对日常活动的影响更大。
