Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications
The COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected sports and athletes, influencing performance and psychological wellbeing. In order to provide useful guidelines for coaches, a web-based survey was conducted. Three web-based questionnaires were administered during the last phase of the Omicron wave to a total o...
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| author | Andrea Buonsenso Arianna Murri Marco Centorbi Giulia Di Martino Giuseppe Calcagno Alessandra di Cagno Giovanni Fiorilli Enzo Iuliano |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected sports and athletes, influencing performance and psychological wellbeing. In order to provide useful guidelines for coaches, a web-based survey was conducted. Three web-based questionnaires were administered during the last phase of the Omicron wave to a total of 204 Italian athletes (age 24.96 ± 9.82): an informative questionnaire to collect sociodemographic data and infection symptoms information, the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). No differences between infection sequels of different variant typologies were found over the long term after the infection. The most frequently declared symptoms included cough (50%), muscular skeletal impairments (48%) fatigue (43%) and fever (43%). Results showed that female athletes have a higher risk of developing post-COVID-19 symptoms, GHQ-12 worse results (<i>p</i> = 0.005) and greater fatigue (<i>p</i> = 0.0002) than males. No significant difference in infection incidence between high- and low-level athletes was found. Endurance athletes showed greater perceived fatigue than anaerobic sports athletes (<i>p</i> = 0.045). Conclusions: These results suggested the need for specific approaches and continuous updating to differentiate training programs for different athletes during the return to play. Medical controls and daily monitoring of athletes of all levels after the infection could be advisable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cf859e5d5f947428bfe86c97c451e372023-03-28T13:57:01ZengMDPI AGJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology2411-51422022-12-0181110.3390/jfmk8010001Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical IndicationsAndrea Buonsenso0Arianna Murri1Marco Centorbi2Giulia Di Martino3Giuseppe Calcagno4Alessandra di Cagno5Giovanni Fiorilli6Enzo Iuliano7Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, v. De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Motor, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Lauro de Bosis Square 15, 00197 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, v. De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, v. De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, v. De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Motor, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Lauro de Bosis Square 15, 00197 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, v. De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, ItalyThe COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected sports and athletes, influencing performance and psychological wellbeing. In order to provide useful guidelines for coaches, a web-based survey was conducted. Three web-based questionnaires were administered during the last phase of the Omicron wave to a total of 204 Italian athletes (age 24.96 ± 9.82): an informative questionnaire to collect sociodemographic data and infection symptoms information, the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). No differences between infection sequels of different variant typologies were found over the long term after the infection. The most frequently declared symptoms included cough (50%), muscular skeletal impairments (48%) fatigue (43%) and fever (43%). Results showed that female athletes have a higher risk of developing post-COVID-19 symptoms, GHQ-12 worse results (<i>p</i> = 0.005) and greater fatigue (<i>p</i> = 0.0002) than males. No significant difference in infection incidence between high- and low-level athletes was found. Endurance athletes showed greater perceived fatigue than anaerobic sports athletes (<i>p</i> = 0.045). Conclusions: These results suggested the need for specific approaches and continuous updating to differentiate training programs for different athletes during the return to play. Medical controls and daily monitoring of athletes of all levels after the infection could be advisable.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5142/8/1/1COVID-19 pandemicsurveyreturn to playsymptomshealth-related quality of life |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Buonsenso Arianna Murri Marco Centorbi Giulia Di Martino Giuseppe Calcagno Alessandra di Cagno Giovanni Fiorilli Enzo Iuliano Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology COVID-19 pandemic survey return to play symptoms health-related quality of life |
| title | Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications |
| title_full | Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications |
| title_short | Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Fatigue in Competitive Athletes after SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2 Years after Pandemic Start: Practical Indications |
| title_sort | psychological wellbeing and perceived fatigue in competitive athletes after sars cov 2 infection 2 years after pandemic start practical indications |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic survey return to play symptoms health-related quality of life |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5142/8/1/1 |
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