ArticleJournal of athletic training2026
Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescent Athletes: Correlations With Energy Availability, Disordered Eating, and Compulsive Exercise Behaviors.
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Context: Low energy availability, disordered eating, and/or compulsive exercise behaviors may negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and this has not been studied specifically in adolescent athletes. Objective: Assess the correlations of HRQOL with energy availability, disordered eating, and compulsive exercise in adolescent athletes. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A single sports medicine center and local athletic partnerships. Patients or Other Participants: Thirteen- to 18-year-old male and female athletes who were actively engaged in at least 1 organized sports team at the time of study participation. Main Outcome Measures: Participants completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Compulsive Exercise Test, and 7 days of exercise monitoring (via wrist-worn heart rate activity monitor) and dietary intake reporting to assess energy availability. Results: Sixty-four participants (n = 39 female, mean age = 15.5 ± 1.5 years) completed the study. There were no significant associations between energy availability (β = -0.07; 95% CI = -0.32, 0.19; Conclusions: Adolescent athletes who reported more significant disordered eating behaviors demonstrated worse HRQOL. Female athletes reported worse HRQOL overall compared with male athletes. This highlights the importance of screening and early intervention for disordered eating behaviors to prevent the potential negative impact on HRQOL, as well as the consideration of sex-specific differences regarding HRQOL in adolescent athletes.
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