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The Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Injury Occurrence of Division III College Football Players

Kennaley, Evan D
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9858-8735
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1661700611736743

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2022, Master of Science in Allied Health (MSAH), Otterbein University, Health and Sport Sciences.
Objective:The aim of the study was to examine if the lockdown from COVID-19 caused an increase in injury occurrence and decrease in mental health of a Division Three college football team. Methods: A 18 question Survey was given to the members of the Division Three football team to examine the injuries they suffered in the seasons of 2019,2020, and 2021. The survey also looked to examine their Mental Health during the peak of the pandemic and if the pandemic affected their training in any way. Results:Of the 63 surveys returned it showed that there was not a majority of players mental health at least in the form of the COVID Anxiety Scale affected by the peak of COVID-19 and the lockdown. For injury occurrence, the fall season of 2021 had the most percentage of players suffering an injury with 61% of the seasons participants suffering an injury for a total of 50 injuries across 39 total players.The other two season had in 2019- 26% with 8 total injuries of 5 players and 2020- 32% with 12 total injuries of 10 players. Conclusion: From the results of the study it was found that the season that suffered the highest rate of injury was the fall of 2021. The possibility for the cause of a greater injury occurrence could be due to the change in policy of season with a short fall 2020 season being played in the spring of 2021 and then immediately playing a full fall 2021 season three months later.
Dr. Paul Longenecker (Advisor)
Dr. Shelley Payne (Committee Member)
52 p.
Health; Health Sciences; Mental Health; Sports Medicine
COVID-19, NCAA Football, American Football, Mental Health in College Athletes, Injury Occurrence, COVID-19 Lockdown

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  • Kennaley, E. D. (2022). The Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Injury Occurrence of Division III College Football Players [Master's thesis, Otterbein University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1661700611736743

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kennaley, Evan. The Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Injury Occurrence of Division III College Football Players. 2022. Otterbein University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1661700611736743.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kennaley, Evan. "The Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Injury Occurrence of Division III College Football Players." Master's thesis, Otterbein University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1661700611736743

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