Table 1

Summary of Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 questionnaires by sex, games and season

QuestionnaireTheoretical
score range
ThresholdAll athletesSexGamesSeason
MaleFemaleOlympicParalympicSummerWinter
APSQ10–50≥1714.1±5.3 (10–35)13.3±4.7 (10–34)14.9±5.2 (10–35)*13.9±4.9 (10–34)16.2±6.2 (10–35)14.5±5.3 (10–35)13.3±4.3 (10–30)
GAD-70–21≥102.1±3.13 (0–18)1.5±2.6 (0–18)2.7±3.4 (0–17)*2.0±2.9 (0–18)3.3±3.9 (0–16)2.2±3.2 (0–18)1.8±2.8 (0–15)*
PHQ-90–27≥101.7±2.7 (0–18)1.2±2.2 (0–18)2.1±3.0 (0–18)*1.6±2.6 (0–18)2.5±3.3 (0–15)1.9±2.9 (0–18)1.2±2.0 (0–12)*
PHQ-9 Q90–3≥10.01±0.1 (0–1)0.01±0.1 (0–1)0.02±0.1 (0–1)0.01±0.1 (0–1)0.03±0.2 (0–1)0.02±0.1 (0–1)0±0 (0–0)*
ASSQ0–17≥84.9±2.8 (0–16)4.8±2.8 (0–15)5.1±2.8 (0–16)4.9±2.8 (0–16)5.4±2.5 (0–13)5.1±2.9 (0–16)4.6±2.6 (0 to 15)*
AUDIT-C0–13Male: ≥4
Female: ≥3
2.4±1.7 (0–11)2.6±1.8 (0–11)2.2±1.6 (0–8)*2.4±1.7 (0–11)2.7±1.7 (1–9)2.2±1.7 (0–11)2.8±1.7 (0–9)*
CAGE-AID0–4≥20.05±0.3 (0–4)0.07±0.4 (0–4)0.04±0.3 (0–4)0.05±0.4 (0–4)0.04±0.2 (0–1)0.05±0.3 (0–4)0.06±0.4 (0–4)
BEDA-Q0–34≥49.8±6.3 (0–31)8.4±5.7 (0–24)11.0±6.5 (0–31)*9.7±6.3 (0–31)10.5±6.3 (0–29)10.4±6.3 (0–31)8.6±6.0 (0–28)*
  • *Significantly different from male athletes, Olympic athletes and summer athletes for sex, games and season, respectively (p<0.05).

  • APSQ, Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire; ASSQ, Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire; AUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption; BEDA-Q, Brief Eating Disorders in Athletes Questionnaire; CAGE-AID, Cutting Down, Annoyance by Criticism, Guilty Feeling and Eye openings Adapted to Include Drugs; GAD-7, General Anxiety Disorder-7; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PHQ-9 Q9, Question 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.