| Title |
Comparative Study of the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Nutritional Practices Among International Elite and Sub-Elite Athletes: A Sample of 1420 Participants from 14 Countries
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| Published in |
Sports Medicine - Open, November 2023
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40798-023-00653-w |
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| Authors |
Morteza Taheri, Helmi Ben Saad, Jad Adrian Washif, Luis Felipe Reynoso-Sánchez, Masoud Mirmoezzi, Leila Youzbashi, Khaled Trabelsi, Mozhgan Moshtagh, Hussein Muñoz-Helú, Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Ali Seghatoleslami, Farnaz Torabi, Yusuf Soylu, Cem Kurt, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Shabnam Delkash, Marjan Sadat Rezaei, Mahdi Ashouri, Shazia Tahira, Mansour Sayyah, Hamdi Chtourou, Ismail Dergaa, Jana Strahler, Andressa Fontes Guimarães-Mataruna, Tyler W. Lebaron, Ebrahim Shaabani Ezdini, Ardeshir Alizade, Hassane Zouhal, Alexander T. Tarnava, Cain Clark, Nooshin Bigdeli, Achraf Ammar, Özgür Eken, Karim Ben Ayed, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Hadi Nobari, Mabliny Thuany, Katja Weiss, Beat Knechtle, Khadijeh Irandoust |
| Abstract |
Although several studies have shown that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown has had negative impacts on mental health and eating behaviors among the general population and athletes, few studies have examined the long-term effects on elite and sub-elite athletes. The present study aimed to investigate the long-term impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health and eating behaviors in elite versus sub-elite athletes two years into the pandemic. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted between March and April 2022, involving athletes from 14 countries, using a convenient non-probabilistic and snowball sampling method. A total of 1420 athletes (24.5 ± 7.9 years old, 569 elites, 35% women, and 851 sub-elites, 45% women) completed an online survey-based questionnaire. The questionnaire included a sociodemographic survey, information about the COVID-19 pandemic, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items (DASS-21) for mental health assessment, and the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants (REAP-S) for assessing eating behavior. The results showed that compared to sub-elite athletes, elite athletes had lower scores on the DASS-21 (p = .001) and its subscales of depression (p = .003), anxiety (p = .007), and stress (p < .001), as well as a lower REAP-S score indicating lower diet quality (p = .013). In conclusion, two years into the pandemic, elite athletes were likelier to have better mental health profiles than sub-elite athletes but surprisingly had lower diet quality. |
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| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
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