Research Group of Social Involvement of Critical and Emergency Medicine CTS-609, Hospital de Poniente, 04700 Almeria, Spain.
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9019 Tromsø, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Apr 3;16(7):1202. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16071202.
Sports-specialized newspapers are one of the print media with the highest number of readers in Spain. However, little is known about the health coverage in this type of print press. The aim of the study was to analyze any health-related material in sports newspaper coverage and describe the main characteristics. This is an observational and cross-sectional study, performed in relation to the three most read daily Spanish sports newspapers (MARCA, AS, SPORT). A descriptive analysis was conducted to assess the health-related materials selected after a careful search over a period of 30 days. During this time, a total of 815 units of analysis were identified. On average, 14.79% ( = 645 pages) of the full content ( = 4362) included health-related material. The Liga BBVA section was the most frequent to contain health-related content by a significant margin ( = 0.01). The main covered topics were injuries to soccer players (52%), doping (21%), and other diseases in athletes or their relatives (8.6%) with no significant differences ( = 0.10). Photographs (87.4%) were the most frequent visual material used in the health content, followed by infographics (12.6%). Press releases were the most frequent source of information (58%). Spanish sports newspapers include a high proportion of health-related material, especially in terms of providing detailed descriptions of athletes' sport injuries, mainly related to soccer.
体育专业报纸是西班牙读者人数最多的平面媒体之一。然而，对于这种类型的平面媒体中的健康报道却知之甚少。本研究旨在分析体育报纸报道中的任何与健康相关的内容，并描述其主要特征。这是一项观察性和横断面研究，与西班牙三大最受欢迎的体育日报（MARCA、AS、SPORT）有关。进行了描述性分析，以评估经过 30 天仔细搜索后选定的与健康相关的材料。在此期间，共确定了 815 个分析单位。平均而言，完整内容（=4362 页）的 14.79%（=645 页）包含与健康相关的材料。Liga BBVA 版块是最常包含健康相关内容的版块，差异具有统计学意义（=0.01）。主要涵盖的主题是足球运动员的受伤（52%）、兴奋剂（21%）和运动员或其亲属的其他疾病（8.6%），差异无统计学意义（=0.10）。照片（87.4%）是健康内容中最常用的视觉材料，其次是信息图表（12.6%）。新闻稿是最常见的信息来源（58%）。西班牙体育报纸包含大量与健康相关的内容，特别是详细描述运动员的运动损伤，主要与足球有关。
