Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Athletes

NCT ID: NCT04259541

Last Updated: 2021-10-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

360 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-02

Study Completion Date

2021-01-01

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Mental Health Disorder

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

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Psychodiagnostic

Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms, signs of problems in mental health

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Primorska

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Masa Cernelic Bizjak

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Primorska, Faculty of health care

Izola, , Slovenia

Site Status

Countries

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Slovenia

Other Identifiers

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UPrimorska

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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