Turner Mitchell, Beranek Philipp, Rogers Shane L, Nosaka Kazunori, Girard Olivier, Cruickshank Travis
School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Exercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Front Sports Act Living. 2021 Mar 18;3:589617. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.589617. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 outbreak has led to the implementation of strict restrictions in Australia, which have severely impacted sporting activities. Tennis is played by 6.2% of the population within the Oceania region, and is a valuable sport for maintaining social, mental, and physical health. Current literature indicates the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of Australian residents. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in training and match play due to the outbreak, and its effects on emotional well-being of Australian senior tennis players. Additionally, explore any differences between middle aged (41-60 years) and senior (61 years and over) Australian tennis players. An online survey was used to assess training and match play habits, as well as ascertain the emotional well-being of tennis players. The survey was active from 24th April 2020 until 6th June 2020. Participants were adult (41+ years) tennis players from Australia. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were performed to check for differences in training hours and tennis matches played. Mann-Whitney tests were used to assess the difference in Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES) scores, employment status as well as the training hours and tennis matches played between the two age groups. A Kendall's Tau B correlation test was performed to assess the associations of training, match play and demographic characteristics with BEES scores. Kruskal-Wallis tests assessed differences in BEES scores between participants of differing match play formats, tennis experience and cessation of tennis training time periods. There were 245 respondents who met our inclusion criteria. Tennis training hours along with the tennis matches played significantly decreased during COVID-19 compared to pre-COVID-19, 85.09 and 88.48%, respectively. No significant ( > 0.05) differences were observed between age groups for any of the training modality hours, nor was there any significant difference in number of tennis matches played. The participants average BEES score was 0.99 ± 1.27, indicating that respondents had a positive emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emotional well-being of the senior group was significantly ( = 0.002) higher than the middle aged group. Together, our results show that training and tennis match play decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, however the emotional well-being of senior tennis players in Australia appeared to not be negatively affected.
新冠疫情的爆发导致澳大利亚实施了严格限制措施，这对体育活动造成了严重影响。大洋洲地区6.2%的人口参与网球运动，网球对于维持社交、心理健康和身体健康而言是一项重要运动。当前文献表明，新冠疫情对澳大利亚居民的心理健康产生了负面影响。本研究旨在调查疫情爆发导致的训练和比赛变化及其对澳大利亚老年网球运动员情绪健康的影响。此外，探究澳大利亚中年（41 - 60岁）和老年（61岁及以上）网球运动员之间的差异。通过一项在线调查来评估训练和比赛习惯，以及确定网球运动员的情绪健康状况。该调查于2020年4月24日至2020年6月6日开展。参与者为来自澳大利亚的成年（41岁及以上）网球运动员。采用威尔科克森符号秩检验来检查训练时长和所参加网球比赛的差异。使用曼 - 惠特尼检验来评估两个年龄组在简短情绪体验量表（BEES）得分、就业状况以及训练时长和所参加网球比赛方面的差异。进行肯德尔 Tau B 相关性检验以评估训练、比赛和人口统计学特征与BEES得分之间的关联。采用克鲁斯卡尔 - 沃利斯检验评估不同比赛形式、网球经验和停止网球训练时间段的参与者之间BEES得分的差异。有245名受访者符合我们的纳入标准。与新冠疫情前相比，新冠疫情期间网球训练时长和所参加的网球比赛分别显著减少了85.09%和88.48%。在任何训练方式时长方面，各年龄组之间均未观察到显著（>0.05）差异，所参加网球比赛的数量也没有显著差异。参与者的平均BEES得分为0.99±1.27，表明受访者在新冠疫情期间情绪健康状况良好。老年组的情绪健康状况显著高于中年组（=0.002）。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，新冠疫情期间训练和网球比赛减少，但澳大利亚老年网球运动员的情绪健康状况似乎未受到负面影响。
