JMT surveys

Links to JMT Altitude Acclimatization Survey Results:

2015 Altitude Acclimatization Survey for John Muir Trail Hikers

2016 Altitude Acclimatization Survey for John Muir Trail Hikers


2015 Altitude Acclimatization Survey for John Muir Trail Hikers

Dr. Rozier presented two abstracts based on data collected during the 2015 Altitude Acclimatization Survey to the 7th World Congress of Mountain and Wilderness Medicine.   The first abstract is titled, “Altitude Acclimatization Practices of Thru-hikers on the John Muir Trail” and provides an overview of the 2015 data. The second abstract is titled “The Relationship of Patent Foramen Ovale to the Development of Acute Mountain Sickness on the John Muir Trail” and describes a proposed study based on the 2015 data.

Leslie Rozier (DNP, APRN), Inga Aksamit (RN-BC) and Kenny Meyer

A few notes about this report of the data:
  • This is an data-only report of the collected data.  
  • The report does not include any analysis of the data or tests of statistical significance.
  • The data has not been completely scrubbed of spurious responses.


Click here to download the report.

This survey was conducted by Leslie Rozier (DNP, APRN), Inga Aksamit (RN-BC) and Kenny Meyer. If you have any questions about this survey, please feel free to contact us at acclimatization4jmt@gmail.com.

Latest Update: 6/12/16



2016 Altitude Acclimatization Survey for John Muir Trail Hikers

The 2016 Altitude Acclimatization Survey was a web-based survey of John Muir Trail (JMT) hikers. Hikers answered background questions and questions related to altitude illness.  Data was collected from August 22, 2016 through January 2, 2017. The attached document provides an informal report of the data collected during the survey.

A few notes about this report of the data:
  • This report represents includes demographic as well as hike, medication and symptom data.
  • The data has not been completely scrubbed of spurious responses.
  • The report does not include any tests of statistical significance.
  • The report will be updated if any errors are discovered. The best version of the report will always be available on this site.


Click here to download the report.

NOTICE:
Researchers at UCLA are looking for hikers to participate in a study about altitude sickness and its connection to the heart. They believe altitude sickness may be due, in part, to an unusual connection between the right and left upper chambers of the heart called a patent foramen ovale (PFO). To learn more about this patent foramen ovale study please click here.


This 2016 Altitude Acclimatization Survey was conducted by Leslie Rozier (DNP, APRN), Inga Aksamit (RN-BC) and Kenny Meyer. If you have any questions about this survey, please feel free to contact us at acclimatization4jmt@gmail.com.

Latest Update: 4/10/19

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3 comments:

  1. This is great! I much appreciate the data (I may use some of it in the stats class I teach).

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  2. Hello Unknown.

    In the past we've discussed making some or all of the data available to folks with academic or research interests. If you have an interest along those lines, drop us a note at acclimatization4jmt@gmail.com.

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  3. Before you can begin thinking about the best way to present survey results, you need to understand how you will measure each question and what type of analysis is necessary for making sense of the raw data and responses.

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