Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Athletes

Mental Health Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Athletes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04259541
• Other study ID #: UPrimorska
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 2, 2020
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University of Primorska
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 360
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 5, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Mental Health Disorder

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Psychodiagnostic
Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms, signs of problems in mental health

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Slovenia	University of Primorska, Faculty of health care	Izola

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Primorska

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Slovenia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms	Intensity and frequency of specific symptoms could be the signs of problems in mental health	Baseline
Secondary	Depressive symptomatology	The degree of depressive symptomatology (physical, affective, cognitive and behavioral symptoms) will be measured with The Depression Scale Center	Baseline
Secondary	Pathological eating patterns	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.	Baseline
Secondary	Level of risky alcohol consumption	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.	Baseline
Secondary	Resilience	The degree of personality resilience to fight the stress will be measured with Resilience Scale II -DRS II; Sinclair, Celina & Oliver, 2003).	Baseline