What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: COVID-19 lockdown stress in endurance athletes (n=3551). Intervention: COVID-19 lockdown mobility restrictions. Primary outcome: Perceived barriers to training (p=<0.001).

May 19, 2022Open Access

Coping and Resilience Among Endurance Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Q: What are the key findings of this study?

Decreases in training volume, lower lockdown-specific resilience, and negative perceptions of mobility restrictions significantly increased perceived barriers to training among endurance athletes.

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

Decreases in training volume, lower lockdown-specific resilience, and negative perceptions of mobility restrictions significantly increased perceived barriers to training among endurance athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

BHBrian HarmanNottingham Trent University GDGrégory DessartUniversity of Lausanne LPLiene Puke

Key Result

Decreases in training volume, lower lockdown-specific resilience, and negative perceptions of mobility restrictions significantly increased perceived barriers to training among endurance athletes.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=3,551)

Structured PICO

Population

3,551 endurance athletes (running, cycling, swimming, long distance walking, Nordic skiing, rowing) recruited via Facebook groups and online mailing lists, mean age 44.13 years, 83.8% male, from 21 countries (mostly France and UK).

Outcome

Perceived barriers to training during COVID-19 lockdownpatient reported

During COVID-19 lockdowns, endurance athletes with lower resilience and maladaptive coping strategies perceived greater barriers to training.

Main Result

p-value: p=<0.001

Abstract

COVID-19 lockdowns constrained the training opportunities of athletes resulting in physical and mental hardship. In this study, athletes involved in the outdoor endurance sports of running, cycling or swimming were recruited through Facebook groups and using online mailing lists. The final sample ( n = 3,551) consisted of 576 female respondents (16.2%), and 2,975 male respondents (83.8%). The mean age of participants was 44.13 years (min = 16, max = 83, and SD = 9.84). An online survey was designed to measure variables relevant to athletes’ mental health; resilience and emotion regulation strategies; mobility restrictions; training routines; personal involvement in endurance sports; age; gender; and country of residence. Overall, the results of our study indicate that during lockdown, decreases in training volume, lower lockdown-specific resilience, and holding more negative perceptions about lockdown mobility restrictions (perceived strictness) all contributed to perceived barriers to training. In the analysis, athletes’ relative observance of mobility restrictions was controlled for. Athletes exhibiting high personal commitment to their sports displayed: greater lockdown resilience, a greater use of adaptive coping strategies, and lower levels of perceived barriers to training.

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Harman et al. (Thu,) conducted a cross-sectional in COVID-19 lockdown stress in endurance athletes (n=3,551). COVID-19 lockdown mobility restrictions was evaluated on Perceived barriers to training (p=<0.001). Decreases in training volume, lower lockdown-specific resilience, and negative perceptions of mobility restrictions significantly increased perceived barriers to training among endurance athletes.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a127e6c92637892a9a6a984 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.811499

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