Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Regarding Hydration among Sub-elite Combat Sports Athletes

Muhammad Ikhwan Zein, Danardono, Djoko Pekik Irianto

2019

Abstract

Loss of body fluids or dehydration can reduce athletes’ performance and lead to health problems such as heat illness. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours regarding hydration among Indonesian sub-elite combat sports athletes. A questionnaire containing questions pertaining to knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours on hydration was distributed to the Indonesian sub-elite combat athletes during their training. Twenty-six subjects from six martial arts including Taekwondo, Wushu, Judo, Kempo, Pencak Silat, and Tarung Derajat participated in this study (mean age 21.73 + 4.14 years old; weight 62.12 + 11.71 kg; height 1.67 + 0.09 m). The mean score for knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours was 12.54 +2.14; 11.62 +1.86; 12.65 +2.26 out of a maximum of 17. No perfect score was achieved by the subjects. Majority of athletes knew that dehydration could decrease performance, and they understood that urine colour monitoring could be used to determine the dehydration. Unfortunately, the majority of them still using thirst as the best indicator of dehydration. The results of this study indicate that the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of Indonesian sub-elite combat sports athletes are good. Dehydration prevention program can be developed based on questionnaire with low score answer.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zein M., Pekik Irianto D. and Danardono. (2019). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Regarding Hydration among Sub-elite Combat Sports Athletes.In Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS, ISBN 978-989-758-457-2, pages 751-755. DOI: 10.5220/0009894507510755

in Bibtex Style

@conference{yishpess and cois19,
author={Muhammad Ikhwan Zein and Djoko Pekik Irianto and Danardono},
title={Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Regarding Hydration among Sub-elite Combat Sports Athletes},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,},
year={2019},
pages={751-755},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009894507510755},
isbn={978-989-758-457-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,
TI - Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Regarding Hydration among Sub-elite Combat Sports Athletes
SN - 978-989-758-457-2
AU - Zein M.
AU - Pekik Irianto D.
AU - Danardono.
PY - 2019
SP - 751
EP - 755
DO - 10.5220/0009894507510755