Table 2

Descriptive data for ABQ-score and covariates

All athletesEnduranceTechnicalTeam
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 problems962 (430–2027)796 (377–1412)1487 (649–2406)775 (454–1159)814 (327–1996)1255 (499–2338)
 Illness123 (31–440)100 (33–309)284 (30–871)434 (211–855)94 (42–330)53 (16–203)
 Acute injuries103 (0–469)129 (3–469)34 (0–522)0 (0–27)160 (8–470)283 (57–819)
 Overuse injuries162 (8–657)157 (0–577)175 (8–904)23 (0–397)111 (17–562)298 (19–1086)
Chronic illness37 (18%)24 (18%)13 (18%)10 (18%)11 (23%)16 (16%)
Allergies69 (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)
 Personal4.4 (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)
 Coach3.8 (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)
 Parents3.1 (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 year54 (26%)35 (26%)19 (25%)26 (46%)11 (23%)17 (16%)
 2 years55 (26%)34 (25%)21 (28%)25 (44%)12 (26%)18 (17%)
 3 years56 (27%)35 (26%)21 (28%)26 (46%)12 (26%)18 (17%)
Major life events53 (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.