Stefanizzi P, Bianchi F P, Ascatigno L, Pantaleo N, Martinelli A, Di Lorenzo A, Notarnicola A, Fischetti F, Tafuri S
Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Italy.
Italian Swimming Federation, Apulia Committee, Bari, Italy.
Ann Ig. 2023 Jan-Feb;35(1):34-38. doi: 10.7416/ai.2022.2520. Epub 2022 Apr 19.
As other indoor sports facilities, swimming pools were closed in Italy from March to May 2020 and from October 2020 to July 2021 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic; access to these facilities was restricted to athletes of national relevance. This decision was based on "precautionary principles" and without evidence of a high risk of SARS-COV-2 circulation among swimming pools' attendants. The aim of this paper is to describe the pattern of SARS-COV-2 circulation among swimming athletes in Apulia (Southern Italy).
The study aims to investigate the hypothesis that attending a pool increases the risk of SARS-COV-2 infection. The outcome measure is the incidence of SARS-COV-2 infection among swimming athletes compared with the general population.
This is a retrospective cross-sectional study carried out in Apulia, Southern Italy. The study was performed through the analysis of both the database of the Italian Swimming Federation and the SARS-COV-2 infections in Apulia Region, from July 2020 to August 2021.
Among 2,939 federally licensed athletes, 221 had an history of SARS-COV-2 infection from July 2020 to August 2021, with an incidence of 75.2 /1,000. In the general Apulian population, during the same time span, the incidence of SARS-COV-2 infection was 67.3/1,000 and - considering the incidence rate ratio - there is no difference between the two populations (IRR=1.1; 95% CI=0.9-1.3; p>0.05).
The incidence of SARS-COV-2 infection in Apulian swimmers showed no significant differences with the general population.
与其他室内运动设施一样，由于新冠疫情爆发，意大利的游泳池在2020年3月至5月以及2020年10月至2021年7月期间关闭；这些设施仅限具有国家影响力的运动员使用。这一决定基于“预防原则”，且没有证据表明游泳池工作人员感染新冠病毒的风险很高。本文旨在描述意大利南部普利亚地区游泳运动员中新冠病毒的传播模式。
该研究旨在调查进入游泳池会增加感染新冠病毒风险这一假设。结果指标是游泳运动员中新冠病毒感染的发生率，并与普通人群进行比较。
这是一项在意大利南部普利亚地区进行的回顾性横断面研究。该研究通过分析意大利游泳联合会的数据库以及普利亚地区2020年7月至2021年8月期间的新冠病毒感染情况来进行。
在2939名获得联邦许可的运动员中，有221人在2020年7月至2021年8月期间有新冠病毒感染史，发病率为75.2/1000。在同一时期，普利亚普通人群中新冠病毒感染的发病率为67.3/1000，考虑发病率比，这两个人群之间没有差异（发病率比=1.1；95%置信区间=0.9-1.3；p>0.05）。
普利亚游泳运动员中新冠病毒感染的发病率与普通人群没有显著差异。
