Examınatıon of Sports Injury Anxıety Level and Sports Injury Preventıon Awareness of Unıversıty Students Partıcıpatıng in Sports

January 4, 2025 updated by: Betul Ergun, Inonu University
This study aimed to evaluate the concerns of university students who are involved in sports on more than one subject related to sports injuries (anxiety of losing ability, anxiety of suffering, anxiety of losing social support, etc.). In addition, in this study, the awareness of protection from sports injuries was evaluated in order to minimize sports injuries and create awareness of injury prevention, based on the idea that the athlete will be injured less with less anxiety in sports life.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Regardless of the sport branch, athletes are likely to encounter many injury stories during their active sports life. Stories of sports injuries cause anxiety in athletes. Therefore, sports injury prevention awareness is important. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the anxiety about sports injuries and sports injury prevention awareness of university students studying in different faculties and practicing regular sports. Personal Information Form, Sports Injury Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and Sports Injury Prevention Awareness Scale (SIPAS) were used. There was no difference between university students from three different faculties who participated in sports in terms of the total scores of the SIAS and SIPAS (p>0.05). It was determined that there was a significant difference between the students from three faculties in terms of the Anxiety of Losing Ability (ALA) parameter, which is one of the subscales of the SIAS (p<0.05). In pairwise comparisons between the groups, a significant difference was found between the students of health sciences and medical faculties in the subscale of the SIAS-ALA (p=0.001). University students who participated in sports from all three faculties included in the study had normal levels of anxiety about sports injuries and high levels of sports injury awareness. High sports injury awareness of students participating in sports may be an important factor for injury prevention. Low levels of anxiety may also be associated with high levels of awareness.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

126

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Malatya, Turkey
        • Inonu University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study was conducted on university students participating in various sports branches, especially volleyball, basketball, soccer, swimming, fitness, pilates, walking. A total of 126 volunteer university students who regularly participated in sports were included in the study. Those with a history of chronic disease or regular medication use were excluded from the study, and those who did not complete the survey questions required for the study were excluded from the study.

In the power analysis performed to determine the sample size, the type I error was 0.05 and the type II error was 0.2. The power was set at 0.8. Power analysis was performed using the G-Power 3.1.7 package (Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany). The minimum number of subjects to be included in the study in each group was determined as 18 in order to find a mean difference of 3 units significant according to the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale sub-dimension score.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Volunteering to participate in the research
  • To be a student in one of the Faculties of Sports Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
  • Participating in a regular sport branch

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Being diagnosed with a chronic disease or regular medication use
  • Not being a student in one of the Faculties of Sports Sciences, Health Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
  • Voluntary separation from employment
  • Failure to complete the questionnaires to be applied within the scope of the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Faculty of Sports Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
assessment of sports injury anxiety among students
Time Frame: Day 1 (when students first arrive)
Examınatıon of Sports Injury Anxıety Level of Unıversıty Students Partıcıpatıng in Sports. Their thoughts and anxiety levels about sports injury were evaluated with the 'Sports Injury Anxiety Scale', whose Turkish validity and reliability study was conducted by Caz et al. (2019). The scale consists of 19 items in total. It consists of sub-dimensions such as loss of ability, suffering, perceived weakness, loss of social support, disappointment, and anxiety of re-injury. A 5-point Likert scale was used in the evaluation. The survey questions were answered as "1=Strongly Disagree" and "5=Strongly Agree". The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 19 and the highest score is 95.
Day 1 (when students first arrive)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
evaluation of students' awareness of protection from sports injuries
Time Frame: Day 1 (when students first arrive)
Examınatıon of Sports Injury Preventıon Awareness of Unıversıty Students Partıcıpatıng in Sports. The knowledge levels of the participants about sports injuries and protection from sports injuries were evaluated with the Sports Injury Protection Awareness Scale developed by Ercan and Önal in 2021. It consists of 18 items in total. Sub-dimensions in the scale; personal health status is examined with items 1-4, environmental factors and equipment with items 5-9, exercise session with items 10-14, and exercise program with items 15-18. A 5-point Likert scale was used in the evaluation. Survey questions were answered as "1=Strongly Disagree", "2=Disagree", "3=Undecided", "4=Agree", "5=Strongly Agree".
Day 1 (when students first arrive)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Inonu University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 26, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 10, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

September 10, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 27, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 4, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 4, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SPORTS INJURY

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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