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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Sport Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Inönü University

Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

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.

Secondary outcomes

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".

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Inonu University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Jan 9, 2025
Registry last updated: Jan 9, 2025

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