All athletes | Endurance | Technical | Team | |||
Both sexes (N=210) | Boys (N=135) | Girls (N=75) | (N=57) | (N=47) | (N=106) | |
ABQ-score (1–5) | 2.2 (1.9–2.6) | 2.2 (1.7–2.5) | 2.3 (2.0–2.9) | 2.1 (1.7–2.5) | 2.3 (1.9–2.7) | 2.3 (1.9–2.7) |
All health problems | 962 (430–2027) | 796 (377–1412) | 1487 (649–2406) | 775 (454–1159) | 814 (327–1996) | 1255 (499–2338) |
Illness | 123 (31–440) | 100 (33–309) | 284 (30–871) | 434 (211–855) | 94 (42–330) | 53 (16–203) |
Acute injuries | 103 (0–469) | 129 (3–469) | 34 (0–522) | 0 (0–27) | 160 (8–470) | 283 (57–819) |
Overuse injuries | 162 (8–657) | 157 (0–577) | 175 (8–904) | 23 (0–397) | 111 (17–562) | 298 (19–1086) |
Chronic illness | 37 (18%) | 24 (18%) | 13 (18%) | 10 (18%) | 11 (23%) | 16 (16%) |
Allergies | 69 (33%) | 47 (35%) | 22 (29%) | 21 (37%) | 18 (38%) | 30 (28%) |
QBPNS-score (1–5) | 3.9 (3.8–4.0) | 3.8 (3.7–4.0) | 4.1 (3.9–4.2) | 4.2 (4.0–4.4) | 4.0 (3.7–4.2) | 3.8 (3.6–3.9) |
Influence on training week (1–5) | ||||||
Personal | 4.4 (4.3–4.5) | 4.4 (4.3–4.5) | 4.4 (4.3–4.6) | 4.6 (4.4–4.7) | 4.5 (4.3–4.7) | 4.3 (4.1–4.5) |
Coach | 3.8 (3.7–3.9) | 3.8 (3.7–3.9) | 3.9 (3.7–4.0) | 3.9 (3.7–4.2) | 3.9 (3.7–4.0) | 3.7 (3.6–3.9) |
Parents | 3.1 (2.9–3.2) | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 3.1 (2.9–3.3) | 3.2 (2.9–3.4) | 3.1 (2.8–3.4) | 3.0 (2.7–3.2) |
Social environment (1–5) | ||||||
Sports (1–5) | 4.4 (4.3–4.5) | 4.4 (4.3–4.6) | 4.4 (4.2–4.6) | 4.5 (4.4–4.7) | 4.3 (4.0–4.6) | 4.4 (4.3–4.6) |
School (1–5) | 4.1 (4.0–4.3) | 4.2 (4.1–4.4) | 4.0 (3.8–4.1) | 4.1 (3.9–4.3) | 4.1 (3.8–4.3) | 4.2 (4.0–4.3) |
Goal achievement school (1–5) | 3.3 (3.2–3.4) | 3.2 (3.0–3.3) | 3.4 (3.3–3.6) | 3.4 (3.1–3.6) | 3.2 (3.0–3.4) | 3.2 (3.1–3.4) |
Travel time to school (min) | 26 (23–29) | 24 (21–27) | 29 (24–34) | 22 (18–26) | 31 (24–37) | 26 (22–30) |
Living away from home | ||||||
1 year | 54 (26%) | 35 (26%) | 19 (25%) | 26 (46%) | 11 (23%) | 17 (16%) |
2 years | 55 (26%) | 34 (25%) | 21 (28%) | 25 (44%) | 12 (26%) | 18 (17%) |
3 years | 56 (27%) | 35 (26%) | 21 (28%) | 26 (46%) | 12 (26%) | 18 (17%) |
Major life events | 53 (25%) | 33 (24%) | 20 (27%) | 13 (23%) | 12 (26%) | 28 (26%) |
The burden of health problems is shown as yearly averages for OSTR-H scores. Data are shown as median, first and third quartile for injuries and illness, number and percentage of ‘yes’ for dichotomous and mean and confidence intervals for normally distributed data.
ABQ, Athlete Burnout Questionnaire; QBPNS, Questionnaire of Basic Psychological Need Support.