Health anxiety status of elite athletes in COVID-19 social isolation period
| Autor: | Cemil Aksoy, Hürmüz Koç, Gökmen Özen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Economics and Econometrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Physical Distancing Disease Anxiety Young Adult Pandemic Materials Chemistry Media Technology medicine Psychological support Humans Elite athletes Social isolation Pandemics biology Athletes COVID-19 Forestry biology.organism_classification Social Isolation Female medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Bratislavske lekarske listy. 121(12) |
| ISSN: | 0006-9248 |
| Popis: | Aim The aim of this study is to examine the health anxiety states and behaviours of athletes during the social isolation period due to COVID-19 pandemic. Methods 250 elite athletes participated in the study. 154 of the participants were males and 96 were females. Health Anxiety Scale was used to determine the health anxiety states of the participants in the COVID-19 pandemic process. Results Our findings revealed that athletes who were tested for COVID-19 and who thought they had symptoms of the disease had higher levels of health anxiety and athletes who reported a temporary loss in athletic performance had higher disease anxiety. Conclusions The results of this study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation process have some effects on athletes' health anxiety. It will be beneficial to provide psychological support in this period for athletes to have a fast return to competitions and match after the pandemic (Tab. 5, Ref. 24). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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