TY - JOUR
T1 - Inside edge–prevalence and factors associated with symptoms of anxiety/depression in professional cricketers
AU - Hendricks, Sharief
AU - Amino, Nur
AU - van Wyk, J. P.
AU - Gouttenbarge, Vincent
AU - Mellalieu, Stephen
AU - Schlebusch, Ruan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/10/25
Y1 - 2022/10/25
N2 - The purpose of this study was to i) determine the prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms in professional cricketers and ii) identify factors associated with symptoms of anxiety/depression. One-hundred and seventy-seven (n = 177, response rate of 76%) professional cricketers completed the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12). Odd ratios (OR) for anxiety/depression symptoms were related to players’ career, family and education. Prevalence of symptoms of anxiety/depression was 59% (n = 104/177). Anxiety/depression symptoms increased when players were contracted for more than 2 years (OR: 5.0; 95% CI: 1.2–21.3; p = 0.028) and if they played their last offseason overseas (OR: 3.5; 95% CI: 1.3–9.6; p = 0.013). Anxiety/depression symptoms decreased by 70% when players made “productive use” of their time in the offseason (OR: 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1–0.9; p = 0.036) and contracted for 2 years (OR: 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1–1.0; p = 0.049). These findings can be incorporated into cricket mental health literacy programmes to improve awareness and understanding, and to encourage early help-seeking.
AB - The purpose of this study was to i) determine the prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms in professional cricketers and ii) identify factors associated with symptoms of anxiety/depression. One-hundred and seventy-seven (n = 177, response rate of 76%) professional cricketers completed the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12). Odd ratios (OR) for anxiety/depression symptoms were related to players’ career, family and education. Prevalence of symptoms of anxiety/depression was 59% (n = 104/177). Anxiety/depression symptoms increased when players were contracted for more than 2 years (OR: 5.0; 95% CI: 1.2–21.3; p = 0.028) and if they played their last offseason overseas (OR: 3.5; 95% CI: 1.3–9.6; p = 0.013). Anxiety/depression symptoms decreased by 70% when players made “productive use” of their time in the offseason (OR: 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1–0.9; p = 0.036) and contracted for 2 years (OR: 0.3; 95% CI: 0.1–1.0; p = 0.049). These findings can be incorporated into cricket mental health literacy programmes to improve awareness and understanding, and to encourage early help-seeking.
KW - Mental health
KW - cricket
KW - general health questionnaire
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141014647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15438627.2022.2139619
DO - 10.1080/15438627.2022.2139619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85141014647
SN - 1543-8627
VL - 32
SP - 524
EP - 536
JO - Research in Sports Medicine
JF - Research in Sports Medicine
IS - 3
ER -