| Autor: |
Asami Matsunaga, Takuma Shiozawa, Chiyo Fujii, Saki Oguro, Yasutaka Ojio, Shin Kawamura, Goro Yoshitani, Masanori Horiguchi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2055-7647 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001586 |
| Popis: |
Objectives Mental health symptoms and mental illnesses are common in elite athletes. There is an urgent need to develop care systems to support the mental health of elite athletes. Understanding elite athletes’ preferences in mental health help seeking can help explore strategies to develop such systems. Therefore, this study aims to investigate with whom/where elite athletes feel comfortable discussing mental health concerns and seeking help.Methods We analyse data from 219 Japanese male rugby players out of 612 players (565 Japanese, 47 foreigners) aged 18 and over who belong to the Japan Rugby Players Association using a cross-sectional design and an anonymous, web-based, self-administered questionnaire. In the questionnaire, the players are asked to rate on a 5-point Likert scale how comfortable they feel talking about their mental health concerns with affiliation/team staff, family/relatives, friends, mental health professionals, rugby-related seniors and teammates. Analysis of variance and Dunnett’s test are performed to detect differences in their preferences for sources of help.Results Dunnett’s test shows that the mean scores for preferring to consult affiliation/team staff are significantly lower than for all the other groups (p |
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