Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Athletes

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT04259541
• Lead Sponsor: University of Primorska

Brief Summary

The study will assess the prevalence of mental health problems among different athletes. The study is based on the application of the battery of psychodiagnostic questionnaires, which were chosen aiming at investigating the prevalence of different symptoms related to problems in mental health or disorders.

This descriptive cross-sectional study will undertake sample with athletes categorized by the quality of their achievement.

Detailed Description

In the field of sports, there is a lot of knowledge about sports injuries, nutrition and regeneration. Much less is known about mental health among athletes. The investigators often think that the incidence of mental problems is low among top athletes. As the main cause of this misconception, the authors attribute the idealization of sports and athletes. Both the professional and the lay public are often of the opinion that only mentally strong individuals can be successful, which of course means that there is no place in the highest level for individuals with mental problems and disorders.

The clinical study will be performed with 400-500 athletes of both genders aged 18 to 40, from Slovenia. The investigators will invite all athletes who have been categorized in the current year and classified into the membership category, i.e. national, international, world or Olympic class (there were 500 at the last categorization) and they compete in various sports disciplines. The study will be designed as a cross-sectional study. For the purpose of the research, the investigators will use a battery of psychodiagnostic questionnaires consisting of five parts: demographics and sport characteristic, depression symptomatic, anxiety symptomatic, eating problems, alcohol use and abuse and resilience characteristics of individual athlete.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-06
• Study Start: 2020-03-02
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-05
• Study Completion: 2021-01-01
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

• Included in competitive play
• Is a professional athlete or participates in organized professional sports activities

Exclusion Criteria

• Present injuries
• Recreational athletes
• Any other significant diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms	Baseline	Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms could be the signs of problems in mental health

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pathological eating patterns	Baseline	The degree of pathological eating patterns will be measured with Eating Attitude Test Questionnaire (EAT-26; Garner and Garfinkel, 1979) as high levels of preoccupation with diet, weight, and other pathological eating patterns.
Depressive symptomatology	Baseline	The degree of depressive symptomatology (physical, affective, cognitive and behavioral symptoms) will be measured with The Depression Scale Center
Level of risky alcohol consumption	Baseline	Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT); World Health Organization 2001 The level of risky alcohol consumption will be assessed with a questionnaire (designed by the World Health Organization) that defines the type of consumption and the level of risk of drinking alcohol.
Resilience	Baseline	The degree of personality resilience to fight the stress will be measured with Resilience Scale II -DRS II; Sinclair, Celina \& Oliver, 2003).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Primorska, Faculty of health care; 🇸🇮 Izola, Slovenia