Clinical trial NCT04453566: Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, Mood, and Training Quality in Elite Athletes.
Official title: Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, Mood, and Training Quality in Elite Athletes.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: COVID-19
Life Satisfaction
Anxiety
Mental Health Wellness 1
Athlete
Stress
Keywords: COVID-19
Athlete
Mental Health
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: New York Medical College
First posted: 2020-07-01
Enrollment: 208
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Elite Athletes

Brief summary: In this study, the investigator aims to measure stress, anxiety, mood, life satisfaction measures among elite athletes during COVID-19 and measure the relationship between these measures and the changes in training characteristics in elite athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed description: On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. On the same day, the first COVID-19 case reported in Turkey and nationwide quarantine regulations started after a spike in case numbers. In the world of sports, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic started with staging games without spectators, gradually all sports events and team practices were postponed. Soon later, athletes advised to quarantine at home and continue training individually. Similar to previous study results, the COVID-19 outbreak expected to cause a profound and wide range of psychosocial impacts on people during outbreaks of infection. In fact, preliminary results from a study in China showed a moderate to severe degree psychological impact on more than half of the respondents. However, the effect of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms in elite athletes has not been investigated.

In this study, the investigator aims to investigate stress, anxiety, mood, life satisfaction measures among elite athletes during COVID-19 and explore the potential relationship between these measures and the changes in training characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Elite Athletes between age of 18-35

Exclusion Criteria:

* Athletes with history of COVID-19 disease
* Athetes with first-degree family members who have/had the COVID-19 disease
* Athletes with non-covid related injuries restraining from physical activity
* History of psychiatric disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sociodemographic information and training characteristics
timeFrame: at inclusion
measure: The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
timeFrame: one week
measure: The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
timeFrame: at inclusion
measure: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
timeFrame: one month
measure: Satisfaction with Life Scale
timeFrame: at inclusion
measure: Brunel mood scale (BRUMS)
timeFrame: at inclusion
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Uskudar University
Study officials:
affiliation: Uskudar University
name: Mesut Karahan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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