The healthy diver: A cross-sectional survey to evaluate the health status of recreational scuba diver members of Divers Alert Network (DAN)

Scuba diver fitness is paramount to confront environmental stressors of diving. However, the diving population is aging and the increasing prevalence of diseases may be a concern for diver fitness. The purpose of this study is to assess the demographics, lifestyle factors, disease prevalence, and he...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-03, Vol.13 (3), p.e0194380-e0194380
Main Authors: Ranapurwala, Shabbar I, Kucera, Kristen L, Denoble, Petar J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Alcoholic beverages
Analysis
Angina
Angina Pectoris - epidemiology
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) - statistics & numerical data
Chronic illnesses
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dan protein
Demographics
Demography
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Disabilities
Disease control
Disease prevention
Diving
Diving - adverse effects
Diving - legislation & jurisprudence
Diving - statistics & numerical data
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Education
Environmental stress
Epidemiology
Fatalities
Female
Females
Fitness
Health aspects
Health care
Health risks
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Health Status
Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypercholesterolemia - epidemiology
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Illnesses
Injuries
Life Style
Lifestyles
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental health
Middle Aged
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Obesity
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
People and places
Physical Examination - statistics & numerical data
Physical fitness
Population
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Recreation
Regression analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Risk factors
Risk taking
Scuba diving
Sex Factors
Smoking
Stroke
Stroke - epidemiology
Studies
Surveillance
Swimmers
United States - epidemiology
Utilization
Young Adult
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Summary:Scuba diver fitness is paramount to confront environmental stressors of diving. However, the diving population is aging and the increasing prevalence of diseases may be a concern for diver fitness. The purpose of this study is to assess the demographics, lifestyle factors, disease prevalence, and healthcare access and utilization of Divers Alert Network (DAN) members and compare them with those from the general population. DAN membership health survey (DMHS) was administered online in 2011 to DAN members in the United States (US). Health status of DMHS respondents was compared with the general US population data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System using two-sided student's t-tests and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tests. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with healthcare utilization among the DMHS participants. Compared to the general US population, the DMHS population had lower prevalence of asthma, heart attack, angina, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and disabilities (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0194380