Abstract
Abstract Aim: To assess the prevalence, quality of life (QoL), and the damages caused by PH, in the professional and personal scope of Physical Education academics with Primary Hyperhidrosis (PH). Methods: A descriptive, exploratory, qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out. Twenty-five students from the physical education course at Tiradentes University, Aracaju-SE, were interviewed from August to November 2017. Validated questionnaires were used on PH’s influence in academic activities and QoL. absolute and relative frequencies in the case of categorical variables and measures of trend and central variability in the case of numerical variables. Results: The prevalence of PH in students of Physical Education was 11.11%, mainly in combined sites, such as palmoplantar, and with no difference between the sexes. The symptoms started mostly during childhood and adolescence. Most of the interviewees (92%) reported difficulties with activities such as sports, use of personal protective equipment, handling of work equipment and instruments, and exacerbation in stress situations. They reported significant harm to QoL in situations of greeting people with handshakes, writing, wearing socks and dancing socially. Conclusion: Although PH is a disease that negatively impacts the QoL, it is still little known in the academic world with little demand for medical help. Therefore, it is necessary greater dissemination of the disease for its early diagnosis, related to the intensity of the sweating for a better therapeutic approach.
Highlights
Throughout academic formation and within society, physical trainers (PT) are meant to be centered and to overcome the subject-object relation, and seen as healthy, self-determined people
There is a need for better PH awareness within health professionals and the general population. This present work is a pioneer in the assessement of Primary Hyperhidrosis prevalence in Physical Education academics and in the assessment of their quality of life (QoL). This is a descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study with a random quantitative and qualitative approach directed at a sample of students from the Physical Education area of the Tiradentes University located in Aracaju - SE
Regarding the quality of life in the personal domain, the results described in table 5 were evidenced: Table 5: Distribution of the personal domain of the 25 Physical Education students with primary hyperhidrosis from a private university in Aracaju-SE, from August to November 2017, according to the classification of the quality of life questionnaire. (25.24)
Summary
Throughout academic formation and within society, physical trainers (PT) are meant to be centered and to overcome the subject-object relation, and seen as healthy, self-determined people. These are features derived from the importance and value physical activity (PA) plays in health, competitiveness, stress control and aesthetics. When PT suffer from a chronic disease such as primary hyperhidrosis, they may be stigmatized and feel unsafe whilst working due to excess sweating. Hyperhidrosis is defined as excessive sweating beyond the physiological needs of thermoregulation. Hyperhidrosis is defined as excessive sweating beyond the physiological needs of thermoregulation3 It is divided in primary if there is unknown etiology; or secondary, if it is caused by another disease. The main primary or focal hyperhidrosis anatomical sites are the hands, armpits, feet, and face
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