Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis
Objectives Recreational physical activity is an integral part of our society, and the injuries caused by sports activities are a concern for public health. We studied the effect of outdoor ambient temperature on hospital emergency department visits caused by sports injuries in Madrid, Spain, and acc...
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| description | Objectives Recreational physical activity is an integral part of our society, and the injuries caused by sports activities are a concern for public health. We studied the effect of outdoor ambient temperature on hospital emergency department visits caused by sports injuries in Madrid, Spain, and accounted for its seasonal changes.Methods We used a time-series design. Data was analysed with quasi-Poisson regression models. We calculated the proportion of emergency visits attributable to seasonal changes before and after adjusting for daily ambient temperature. We modelled the association between emergency visits and temperature using distributed lag non-linear models.Results The proportion of emergency visits attributable to seasonal changes was 24.1% and decreased to 7.6% after adjusting for temperature. We found a high risk of emergency visits associated with cold and hot temperatures, whereas the risk was higher for heat.Conclusion Sports and recreational physical activity injuries are not rare events; therefore, appropriate healthcare decisions should consider the impact of outdoor ambient temperature and seasonal changes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9a2c521874f420bb22b51ab3b0a8fa62025-08-20T02:10:45ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine2055-76472021-12-017410.1136/bmjsem-2021-001205Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysisMarc Saez0Marti Casals1Aurelio Tobias2Yoonhee Kim3Masamitsu Kamada4Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, Girona, Catalunya, Spain4 Sport and Physical Activity Studies Centre (CEEAF), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Barcelona, SpainInstitute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Barcelona, Spainassociate professorDepartment of Health Education and Health Sociology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, JapanObjectives Recreational physical activity is an integral part of our society, and the injuries caused by sports activities are a concern for public health. We studied the effect of outdoor ambient temperature on hospital emergency department visits caused by sports injuries in Madrid, Spain, and accounted for its seasonal changes.Methods We used a time-series design. Data was analysed with quasi-Poisson regression models. We calculated the proportion of emergency visits attributable to seasonal changes before and after adjusting for daily ambient temperature. We modelled the association between emergency visits and temperature using distributed lag non-linear models.Results The proportion of emergency visits attributable to seasonal changes was 24.1% and decreased to 7.6% after adjusting for temperature. We found a high risk of emergency visits associated with cold and hot temperatures, whereas the risk was higher for heat.Conclusion Sports and recreational physical activity injuries are not rare events; therefore, appropriate healthcare decisions should consider the impact of outdoor ambient temperature and seasonal changes.https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/4/e001205.full |
| spellingShingle | Marc Saez Marti Casals Aurelio Tobias Yoonhee Kim Masamitsu Kamada Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine |
| title | Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis |
| title_full | Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis |
| title_short | Impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in Madrid, Spain: a time-series regression analysis |
| title_sort | impacts of ambient temperature and seasonal changes on sports injuries in madrid spain a time series regression analysis |
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