The present study investigated sports injuries, clinical impairments, eating disorders and menstrual attitudes among female athletes and non-athletes. A total of 845 participants from Cameroon, Nigeria and Korea responded to our questionnaires by convenience sampling. The taekwondo athlete’s profile...
The present study investigated sports injuries, clinical impairments, eating disorders and menstrual attitudes among female athletes and non-athletes. A total of 845 participants from Cameroon, Nigeria and Korea responded to our questionnaires by convenience sampling. The taekwondo athlete’s profile questionnaire developed by Kazemi et al. (2005) was used to evaluate pre-competition training habits and sports injury profiles; the clinical impairment assessment (CIA) developed by Bohn and Fairburn (2008) and the eating disorders examination questionnaire (EDEQ) developed by Fairburn and Beglin (1994), were used to evaluate clinical impairments and eating disorders respectively, while Santer’s (2004) menstrual profile questionnaire was used for the observation of menstrual attitudes. There were significant differences in the body locations affected by sports injuries (X2=73.8, df =15) and types of sports injuries (X2=107.1, df=4) between African and Korean athletes. The most injured body site was the hand (n=285, 34%), while the most frequent injury was concussions (n=245, 44.90%). For clinical impairments assessment, our results showed significant interaction effects between both career and ethnic groups on the body image dissatisfaction subscale (F=5.9, p<.05) as well as significant main effect between ethnic groups (F=20.5, p<.001). The body shape and weight concerns showed no interaction effects, but there was significant main effect between ethnic groups (F=11.0, p<.001). For menstrual attitude, there were significant interaction effects for sex interruption resentment (F=5.33, p<.05) and menstrual irregularities and worrying (F=4.52, p<.05) between ethnic and career groups as well as significant main effects between ethnic groups for sex interruption resentment (F=242.12, p<.001), bothersome aspects of periods (F=106.40, p<.001) and menstrual irregularities and worrying (70.19, p<.001). There was also significant main effect between career groups for menstrual irregularities and worrying (F=4.22, p<.05). The results for amenorrhea showed significant differences between African (20.12) and Korean (18.69) athletes (X2=.183, df=1). Overall results showed that 134 (19.7%) athletes were amenorrheic. The regression results suggest that body shape and weight concerns, body image dissatisfaction, MPQ1 IPQ2 and IPQ1 are the fundamental predicting factors of eating disorders while dissatisfaction with body shape and weight, training2, eating concerns and overeating phobia and body image dissatisfaction are the basal predicting factors for menstrual attitude. In conclusion, the factors associated with sports injuries, clinical impairments, eating disorders and menstrual attitudes differ with regards to both career and ethnic groups. Future studies should focus on the trigger factors for clinical impairments eating disorders and menstrual irregularities among these groups, and health educational strategies should be developed for the sensitization of these populations.
The present study investigated sports injuries, clinical impairments, eating disorders and menstrual attitudes among female athletes and non-athletes. A total of 845 participants from Cameroon, Nigeria and Korea responded to our questionnaires by convenience sampling. The taekwondo athlete’s profile questionnaire developed by Kazemi et al. (2005) was used to evaluate pre-competition training habits and sports injury profiles; the clinical impairment assessment (CIA) developed by Bohn and Fairburn (2008) and the eating disorders examination questionnaire (EDEQ) developed by Fairburn and Beglin (1994), were used to evaluate clinical impairments and eating disorders respectively, while Santer’s (2004) menstrual profile questionnaire was used for the observation of menstrual attitudes. There were significant differences in the body locations affected by sports injuries (X2=73.8, df =15) and types of sports injuries (X2=107.1, df=4) between African and Korean athletes. The most injured body site was the hand (n=285, 34%), while the most frequent injury was concussions (n=245, 44.90%). For clinical impairments assessment, our results showed significant interaction effects between both career and ethnic groups on the body image dissatisfaction subscale (F=5.9, p<.05) as well as significant main effect between ethnic groups (F=20.5, p<.001). The body shape and weight concerns showed no interaction effects, but there was significant main effect between ethnic groups (F=11.0, p<.001). For menstrual attitude, there were significant interaction effects for sex interruption resentment (F=5.33, p<.05) and menstrual irregularities and worrying (F=4.52, p<.05) between ethnic and career groups as well as significant main effects between ethnic groups for sex interruption resentment (F=242.12, p<.001), bothersome aspects of periods (F=106.40, p<.001) and menstrual irregularities and worrying (70.19, p<.001). There was also significant main effect between career groups for menstrual irregularities and worrying (F=4.22, p<.05). The results for amenorrhea showed significant differences between African (20.12) and Korean (18.69) athletes (X2=.183, df=1). Overall results showed that 134 (19.7%) athletes were amenorrheic. The regression results suggest that body shape and weight concerns, body image dissatisfaction, MPQ1 IPQ2 and IPQ1 are the fundamental predicting factors of eating disorders while dissatisfaction with body shape and weight, training2, eating concerns and overeating phobia and body image dissatisfaction are the basal predicting factors for menstrual attitude. In conclusion, the factors associated with sports injuries, clinical impairments, eating disorders and menstrual attitudes differ with regards to both career and ethnic groups. Future studies should focus on the trigger factors for clinical impairments eating disorders and menstrual irregularities among these groups, and health educational strategies should be developed for the sensitization of these populations.
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