Open AccessA survey on the health status of Dutch scuba diving instructors
Author(s) -
Prashant Komdeur,
Thijs T. Wingelaar,
Rob A. van Hulst
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diving and hyperbaric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2209-1491
pISSN - 1833-3516
DOI - 10.28920/dhm51.1.18-24
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , scuba diving , overweight , cohort , population , disease , body mass index , pediatrics , physical therapy , oceanography , environmental health , pharmacology , geology
As the diving population is ageing, so are the diving instructors. Health issues and the use of prescribed medications are more common when ageing. The death of two diving instructors during one weekend in 2017 in the Netherlands, most likely due to cardiovascular disease, motivated investigation of the prevalence of relevant comorbidities in Dutch diving instructors.