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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational research2020

Sports participation volume and psychosocial outcomes among healthy high school athletes.

Alexia G Gagliardi, Gregory A Walker, Katherine S Dahab, Corrine N Seehusen, Aaron J Provance, Jay C Albright, David R Howell

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexia G GagliardiSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Gregory A WalkerSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Katherine S DahabSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Corrine N SeehusenSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Aaron J ProvanceSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Jay C AlbrightSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
David R HowellSports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Children's Hospital Colorado · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

NIH Prior Approval Process ProfessionalUL1TR002535 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2018 to 2022
$51.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe assessed the association between hours/week of sports participation and psychosocial outcomes among high school athletes. We hypothesized that more hours of participation would be associated with the lower levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms.

methodsParticipants completed the Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pediatric Profile 25 quality of life and other questionnaires to assess sports participation, socioeconomic status, and health history. We evaluated the multivariable relationship between hours/week in sport and PROMIS scores while adjusting for the independent effect of age and varsity team status.

resultsA total of 230 high school athletes participated in this study (mean=15.4±1.2 years of age). More hours/week playing sports were significantly associated with the lower levels of depressive symptoms (coefficient=-0.073, 95% CI=-0.137, -0.010; P=0.02). Sports participation was not significantly associated with any other psychosocial domain scores on the PROMIS questionnaire.

conclusionMore hours of sports participation were significantly associated with the lower depressive symptoms, but no other psychosocial domain. While our findings are cross-sectional, sport participation may play a role in attenuating symptoms of depression in high school athletes. RELEVANCE FOR PATIENTS: Sports participation may play a beneficial role in lessening depressive symptoms among healthy high school students.

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adolescenceathleticsdepressive symptomsquality of lifeyouth sports

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PMID33263090
PMCPMC7700768
OpenAlexW3108308972

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