A multifactorial evaluation of illness risk factors in athletes preparing for the Summer Olympic Games
MK Drew, N Vlahovich, D Hughes, R Appaneal…�- Journal of Science and�…, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Illness can disrupt training and competition performance of athletes. Few studies
have quantified the relative contribution of the known medical, behavioural and lifestyle risk
factors. Design Cross-sectional. Methods Olympic athletes from 11 sports (n= 221) were
invited to complete questionnaires administered nine months before the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games. These included the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Questionnaire (DASS-21),
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS), Recovery-Stress�…
have quantified the relative contribution of the known medical, behavioural and lifestyle risk
factors. Design Cross-sectional. Methods Olympic athletes from 11 sports (n= 221) were
invited to complete questionnaires administered nine months before the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games. These included the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Questionnaire (DASS-21),
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS), Recovery-Stress�…