INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SKIN INFECTIONS ON ANXIETY: A STUDY ON TURKISH WRESTLERS

Abstract

This study aims toexamine the prevalence of skin infections in Turkish wrestlers and to investigate whether skin infections cause anxiety in the wrestlers with infections. 159 volunteer male athletes engaged in freestyle wrestling from sports clubs of Turkey participated in the research. Before the research, questions in “Dermatological Examination Findings (DEF)” questionnaire were asked to participants by a dermatologist during the examination. In addition, examination findings of each wrestler were recorded in this questionnaire form and the detected anxiety levels were evaluated via Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Statistical analysis program; SPSS 22.0 was used for the evaluation. Of 159 voluntary free style male wrestlers in our research, 92 (57.86 %) were detected to have skin infections while 67 (42.14 %) did not have any skin infection. The most common skin infections found in wrestlers are tinea pedis 24 (15.09), tinea corporis 16 (10.16 ), erythrasma 13 (8.17), folliculitis 11 (6.91), verrucous 11 (6.94), onychomycosis 6 (3.57), paronychia 5 (3.14), herpes 3 (1.88), tinea versicolor 2 (1.36) and impetigo 1 (0.64 %), respectively. Comparing anxiety levels of wrestlers who have skin infections and those who do not have, no significant difference was found between two groups (p>0.05). In this study which is the first study conducted on this issue in sports literature, it was concluded that skin infections do not lead to anxiety in wrestlers

Keywords

• Sports, wrestling, bacteria, fungus, virus, anxiety

Deri enfeksiyonlarının anksiyete üzerine etkisinin araştırılması: Türk güreşçileri üzerinde bir çalışma

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türk güreşçilerinde deri enfeksiyonlarının sıklığını incelemek ve güreşçilerde deri enfeksiyonlarının anksiyeteye neden olup olmadığını araştırmak. Araştırmaya Türkiye’de farklı illerdeki spor kulüplerinde güreş yapan 190 gönüllü erkek sporcu dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışmaya katılan sporculara, araştırma öncesi hazırlanan Dermatolojik Muayene Bulguları (DMB) anketindeki sorular bir dermatoloji uzmanı tarafından muayene edildikleri esnada sorulmuştur. Ayrıca her bir güreşçinin muayene bulguları da bu anket formuna kaydedilmiştir. Anksiyete düzeyi Beck Anksiyete Envanteri (BAE) ile değerlendirilmiştir. İstatistiksel analiz SPSS 22.0 bilgisayar programı kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmamızda yer alan 190 gönüllü erkek güreşçinin 92 (%57.86)’sinde deri enfeksiyonlarının görüldüğü tespit edilirken, 67 (% 42.14) sinde deri enfeksiyonu tespit edilmemiştir. Güreşçilerde en sık görülen deri enfeksiyonları sırayla tinea pedis 24 (15.09), tinea korporis 16 (10.16 ), eritrazma 13 (8.17), folikülit 11 (6.91), verrü (siğil) 11 (6.94), onikomikoz 6 (3.57), paronişi 5 (3.14), herpes 3 (1.88), impetigo 1 (0.64 %), ve tinea versikolor 2 (1.36) olarak tespit edilmiştir. Deri enfeksiyonu görülen güreşçiler ile deri enfeksiyonu görülmeyen güreşçilerin anksiyete düzeyleri karşılaştırıldığında her iki grupta da anlamlı bir farkın olmadığı tespit edilmiştir (p>0.05). Spor literatüründe ilk defa yapılan bu çalışmada, deri enfeksiyonlarının güreşçilerde anksiyeteye neden olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Spor, güreş, bakteri, mantar, virus, anksiyete

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