Distribution of mental disorders among the 106 athletes completing the diagnostic interview, with gender differences (30 days prevalence for affective disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD and OCD-related disorders, sleep problems, alcohol use disorder and drug use disorder. Point prevalence for eating disorders and gambling disorder)
Mental disorder | n total | % total | n male | % male | n female | % female | Δ95% CI |
Affective disorders (incl. depressive episode, depressive disorder, hypomanic episode, manic episode, subthreshold bipolar disorder, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Anxiety disorders (incl. generalised anxiety disorder (n=≤5)*, panic attack (n=≤5)*, panic disorder (n=≤5)*, specific phobia (n=≤5)*, social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia) | 7 | 6.6 | ≤5 | ≤9.6 | ≤5 | ≤9.3 | [-0.1496, 0.0396] |
OCD and OCD-related disorders (incl. OCD (n= ≤5)*, BDD (n=15)*, hoarding (n=≤5)*, excoriation disorder (n=≤5)*, trichotillomania (n=≤5)*) | 20 | 18.9 | 8 | 15.4 | 12 | 22.2 | [-0.2170, 0.0810] |
Sleep problems (do not measure specific diagnosis) | 26 | 24.5 | 12 | 23.1 | 14 | 25.9 | [-0.1918, 0.1358] |
Eating disorders (incl. anorexia nervosa, AN-R; anorexia nervosa restrictive subtype, AN-BP; anorexia nervosa binge-purge subtype. bulimia nervosa (n=≤5)*, binge eating disorder (n=≤5)*, other specified feeding and eating disorder, pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, unspecified feeding or eating disorder (n=≤5)*) | 6 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.1 | [-0.1990, -0.0230] |
Gambling disorder (no subcategories) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Alcohol use disorder (no subcategories) | ≤5 | ≤4.7 | ≤5 | ≤9.6 | 0 | 0 | [-0.0135, 0.0895] |
Drug use disorder (no subcategories) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Number of athletes with one or more diagnosed disorder(s) | 47 | 44.3 | 20 | 38.5 | 27 | 50.0 | [-0.3042, 0.0742] |
Number of athletes with no diagnosed disorder(s) | 59 | 55.7 | 32 | 61.5 | 27 | 50.0 | [-0.0742, 0.3042] |
*Bold=the mental disorders diagnosed within the different categories and the number of athletes diagnosed with each type of disorder within the category.
AN-BP, anorexia nervosa binge/purge subtype; AN-R, anorexia nervosa restrictive subtype; BDD, body dysmorphic disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder.