Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cross-country runners: changes in training, sleep, diet, and mental health.
J Am Coll Health
; : 1-11, 2023 Jan 03.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the changes in training, sleep, diet, and mental health of cross-country runners.Participants:
Cross-country runners from NCAA Division II institutes.Methods:
Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to analyze survey responses to ordinal questions on the survey while Spearman's rank correlation analysis (ρ) was used to calculate correlation between after the start of pandemic questions. Data was marked significant at p < 0.05.Results:
Analysis of the survey responses revealed that cross-country runners were more likely to experience feelings of depression (p < 0.001), lack of motivation (p < 0.001), and higher daily stress (p < 0.001) after the start of the pandemic. After the start of the pandemic, runners running less days per week were more likely to report an increased feeling of depression (ρ=-0.315, p = 0.008) and lack of motivation (ρ=-0.458, p < 0.001).Conclusions:
The present study underscores the importance of training, sleep, diet, and mental health amongst cross-country runners.
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