Key result
Higher levels of state and trait anxiety and lower athletic coping skills were significantly associated with an increased occurrence and severity of injuries in professional football players (p <0.05).
Why the study?
The study was conducted to investigate whether psychosocial factors such as anxiety level or level of coping resources affect the occurrence of injury.
Cohort (n=83)
p-value: p=<0.05
Higher anxiety levels and lower coping resources are associated with an increased risk and severity of injuries in professional football players.
May inform psychological screening in football injury prevention; hypothesis-generating and requires interventional trials to establish causality.
Objective The aim of this study is to investigate whether psychosocial factors such as anxiety level or level of coping resources affect the occurrence of injury. Materials and Methods A total of 83 professional football players participated in the study. At the beginning of the study, the State- Trait Anxiety Inventory, Athletic Coping Skills Inventory- 28 and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were completed. Team doctors noted the type and severity of injury, and the number of trainings and matches the players missed due to injury. Results Sixty-three of the 83 players (75.9%) suffered a total of 121 injuries. Total injury incidence was 6.2/1000 hours (during match 18.3/1000 h; during training 3.2/1000 h). Four (3.2%) of the injuries were minimal, 28 (22.9%) were mild, 67 (55.1%) were moderate, and 22 (17.9%) were severe. There was a negative correlation between the number and severity of injuries and coping skills, and a positive correlation between the number and severity of injuries and anxiety level. These relationships were statistically significant (p
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Şenışık et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Sports injuries (n=83). Psychological factors (anxiety and coping resources) vs. Lower anxiety and higher coping resources was evaluated on Occurrence and severity of sports injuries (p=<0.05). Higher levels of state and trait anxiety and lower athletic coping skills were significantly associated with an increased occurrence and severity of injuries in professional football players (p <0.05).
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