Journal article

Determinants of anxiety in elite athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SM Rice, K Gwyther, O Santesteban-Echarri, D Baron, P Gorczynski, V Gouttebarge, CL Reardon, ME Hitchcock, B Hainline, R Purcell

British Journal of Sports Medicine | Published : 2019

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Abstract

Objective To identify and quantify determinants of anxiety symptoms and disorders experienced by elite athletes. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Five online databases (PubMed, SportDiscus, PsycINFO, Scopus and Cochrane) were searched up to November 2018 to identify eligible citations. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Articles were included if they were published in English, were quantitative studies and measured a symptom-level anxiety outcome in competing or retired athletes at the professional (including professional youth), Olympic or collegiate/university levels. results and summary We screened 1163 articles; 61 studies were included in the systematic r..

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