RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 058 Injury, illness and coaching style: associations with burnout in young elite athletes
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP A24
OP A24
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2021-IOC.55
VO 55
IS Suppl 1
A1 Holm Moseid, Nils Fredrik
A1 Moseid, Christine Holm
A1 Lemyre, Pierre-Nicolas
A1 Fagerland, Morten Wang
A1 Bahr, Roald
YR 2021
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/Suppl_1/A24.2.abstract
AB Background Previous research indicates that psychological factors is associated with injury incidence. The associations between health burden, psychological health and coaching style have, to our best knowledge not been investigated.Objective Explore associations between health burden, need-supportive coaching and athlete burnout after three years in elite sports high school.Design Mixed prospective and retrospective cohort study. We collected health data for 124 weeks, the first 26 weeks prospectively, the remaining 98 weeks retrospectively by interview. Participants completed a web-based survey at the end of the study period.Setting Three Norwegian High School Sport Academies.Patients (or Participants) 210 students, of which 202 graduated after three years, 8 dropped out before graduation.Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors) We measured health burden using The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centers Questionnaire on health problems, results are presented per 1000 arbitrary units. Participants completed the ‘The Supportive Coach’ (SC), a ten-item questionnaire that measures the athlete’s perceived support from the coach in the psychological domains of autonomy, competence and relatedness, on a 1–5 scale. We used linear regression for statistical analysis.Main Outcome Measurements The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) score. ABQ measures symptoms of athlete burnout on a 1–5 scale.Results Average ABQ-score was 2.3 (mean, 95% confidence interval: 2.2 to 2.4). Average yearly health burden was 0.96 (median, range 0.03–6.9). Average SC-score was 4.0 (median, range: 1.3 to 5.0). Health burden, adjusted for coaching style and major life events, was associated with increasing symptoms of burnout (B: 0.1, 0.09 to 0.21, p<0,001). Need-supportive coaching is associated with decreasing symptoms, (B: -0.24, -0.35 to -0.14, p<0.001).Conclusions An increasing health burden is associated with increasing symptoms of athlete burnout. A need-supportive coach is associated with decreasing symptoms. Coaches should be aware of symptoms of burnout in ill and injured athletes, and consider using a need-supportive approach.