Health and Well-Being of Athletes During the Coronavirus Pandemic : A Scoping Review

Copyright © 2021 Haan, Ali Alblooshi, Syed, Dougman, Al Tunaiji, Campos and Baltatu..

Background: The ongoing global pandemic has become the world's leading health problem, causing massive public fear and concern. Reports suggest that athletes are seeking mental health support, showing the pressures of boredom, and tension associated with their anticipated social isolation. The current study seeks to evaluate the evidence regarding the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on occupational stress in professional athletes. Method: A scoping review was conducted. A comprehensive search involving Embase and PubMed databases was conducted using a combination of the following key words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, and athletes. In this study, articles were retained if they were original studies reporting on the impact of the pandemic on professional athletes. Results: Nine studies were identified as they investigated the impact of the pandemic on athletes. Most were observational and cross-sectional, and one was longitudinal. Outcome measures mainly investigated were level of depression, anxiety, and stress. Dependent variables were physical activity, nutrition, mental state, sleep quality, individual well-being, social identity, exclusivity, negative affectivity, alcohol consumption, psychological distress, and gambling habits. Conclusions: This review highlights the need for proactive engagement with professional athletes, coaches, trainers, and sports councils to facilitate understanding and awareness-raising, process optimization, and delivery of consistent training and psychosocial aid and occupational therapy programs that maintain the health and well-being of athletes while minimizing occupational stress during a pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in public health - 9(2021) vom: 31., Seite 641392

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haan, Raven [VerfasserIn]
Ali Alblooshi, Mariyam Essa [VerfasserIn]
Syed, Dawood Hasan [VerfasserIn]
Dougman, Khaled Khalifa [VerfasserIn]
Al Tunaiji, Hashel [VerfasserIn]
Campos, Luciana Aparecida [VerfasserIn]
Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Athletes
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Occupational stress
Primary health care
Psychosocial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fpubh.2021.641392

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324902700