A national COVID-19 quarantine survey and its impact on the Italian sports community: Implications and recommendations

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248345
• Publication Date: 2021-03-15T17:35:59Z
• Authors: Giovanni Fiorilli; Elisa Grazioli; Andrea Buonsenso; Giulia Di Martino; Tsopani Despina; Giuseppe Calcagno; Alessandra di Cagno
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Science; Guidelines as Topic; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; Humans; SARS-CoV-2; Q; R; Administrative Personnel; COVID-19; Middle Aged; Resilience, Psychological; 3. Good health; Italy; Athletes; Quarantine; Medicine; Female; Stress, Psychological; Research Article; Sports

The outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) created an international public health emergency, challenging psychological resilience general population. Regarding this matter, a web-based survey was performed. Data were collected from following 1,668 self-selected volunteers: 800 athletes (28.30 ± 10.93 years old); 558 coaches (36.91 11.93 and 310 sports managers (42.07 13.38 old). To assess level stress, Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) questionnaire used. results indicated that 34.4% participants who interviewed affected by subjective distress while 26.4% rated their impact activity interruption as severe. Separated one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) tests showed significant differences in IES-R total score (TS), indicating stress terms gender revealed women more stressed than men (p = 0.000), for “sports roles” which manager < 0.05), “type sport” fitness individual team 0.01). middle-level significantly hyperarousal levels high-level 0.012). may raise awareness problem help athletic associations to have appropriate guidelines order better sustain memberships organize optimal resumption activities. Along these lines, social interactions, are typical sports, crucial warrant health. managing independently new rules measures, thanks clear communication, could improve adaptive reaction.