Monitoring the health of transitioning professional footballers

Recruiting

• Conditions: Symptoms of distress, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, alcohol misuse, drug misuse and disordered eating; Ankles, knees and hips: severe joint injury and related surgery, clinical and radiological osteoarthritis and joint function; Concussion (history) and neurocognitive functioning; Blood pressure and cardiac electrical activities.

• Registration Number: NL-OMON28486
• Lead Sponsor: The Drake Foundation

Brief Summary

https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000680

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 480

Inclusion Criteria

(i) be a professional footballer; (ii) being a member of FIFPRO (Football Players Worldwide) and affiliated national unions; (iii) 25 (±4) years old at the start of the study; and (iv) able to read and comprehend texts in English

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptoms of distress, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, alcohol misuse, drug misuse and disordered eating; Ankles, knees and hips: severe joint injury and related surgery, clinical and radiological osteoarthritis and joint function; Concussion (history) and neurocognitive functioning; Blood pressure and cardiac electrical activities.