Investigation of Kinesiophobia in Volleyball Players by Gender

Kinesiophobia is a form of behavior that includes fear and anxiety in which the person tends to stay away from the movement. . In the future, this may lead to a decrease in muscle strength and condition, leading to loss or decrease in physical adequacy, avoidance of exercise and, accordingly, psychological problems. Kinesiophobia also negatively affects the success of the treatment process in athletes or normal patients.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Volleyball Player

Detailed Description

In athletes, this situation affects the sports activity that they place at the center of their lives, causing loss of performance and, accordingly, the emergence of psychological problems. Athletes are faced with the deterioration of bone integrity during training or matches according to their branches, or they are injured by structures such as muscles, tendons and ligaments.

One of the important criteria in pain, kinesiophobia and exercise is sleep quality. Results such as sleep quality or increased stress level in insomnia and inattention may have an effect on pain or kinesiophobia. The deterioration in sleep quality leads to a decrease in the performance ability of the person, affecting the daily activity, decreasing the energy level and being in a daytime sleepy state.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 52

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: HAZAL genç, phd; Phone Number: 05413204291; Email: hazaloksuz@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: tuğçe tahmaz, Phd(c)

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul Avrupa Kitasi
    • Istanbul, Istanbul Avrupa Kitasi, Turkey, 34353
      • Recruiting
      • Bahçeşehir University
      • Contact: HAZAL genç, phd; Phone Number: 05413204291; Email: hazaloksuz@gmail.com
      • Contact: tugçe tahmaz, phd(c); Email: tugce.tahmaz@hes.bau.edu.tr

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Amateur volleyball players will be included in the study. Individuals who will participate in the study will be reached via social media, whatsapp and message. A questionnaire will be sent to the participants via the Google search engine and they will be asked to fill it out.

Description

Inclusion criteria:

• Being between the ages of 18-30
• Taking part in Amateur Volleyball clubs

Exclusion criteria:

• Individuals under the age of 18
• Individuals who have had a surgical procedure in the last six months
• Use of NSAIDs and similar disease-modifying drugs (Diaserein, Glucosamine, etc.) in the last month.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Female volleyball players; Female volleyball players were included in the first group.
Male volleyball players; Male volleyball players are included in the second group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale:	Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale; movement is a 17-item scale developed to measure the fear of re-injury. The scale includes parameters of injury/re-injury and fear-avoidance in work-related activities. A 4-point Likert scoring (1=I strongly disagree, 4=I totally agree) is used in the scale. After reversing items 4, 8, 12 and 16, a total score is calculated. The person gets a total score between 17-68. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of kinesiophobia.	one day
Fatigue Severity Scale	Fatigue severity scale; It consists of 9 questions and questions the effects of one's fatigue on daily life. Each question has a score between 0 and 7. During the calculation, the arithmetic average of the total score is taken.A high score on the scale indicates a high level of fatique	one day
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale	The survey assesses the person's sleep quality over the past month. It consists of a total of 24 questions, 19 of which are filled in by the person filling out the questionnaire, and 5 of them are filled by the participant's roommate or bed partner if they have a bed partner. While calculating the index, the questions answered by the spouse and friend of the person are not included in the calculation. In the scoring of the index; There are 7 components: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency (latency), sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, use of sleeping pills, and daytime dysfunction. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of slepp problems.	one day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Watanabe K, Koshino Y, Kawahara D, Akimoto M, Mishina M, Nakagawa K, Ishida T, Kasahara S, Samukawa M, Tohyama H. Kinesiophobia, self-reported ankle function, and sex are associated with perceived ankle instability in college club sports athletes with chronic ankle instability. Phys Ther Sport. 2023 May;61:45-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.02.008. Epub 2023 Feb 26.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 6, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 6, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): April 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 7, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Kinesiophobia
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Phobic Disorders; Kinesiophobia
• Other Study ID Numbers: Volleyball Players

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No