Table 3. .
Screening for Disordered Eating and Menstrual Dysfunction
| Item |
All, % (n) |
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division Comparisons |
P Value |
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| I, % (n) |
II, % (n) |
III, % (n) |
Kruskal-Wallis Test Value |
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| Do you screen for eating disorders? | ||||||
| Yesa | 59.93 (163) | 70.16 (87) | 48.28 (28) | 49.37 (39) | .01e | 12.994 |
| Noa | 37.50 (102) | 27.42 (34) | 50.00 (29) | 46.84 (37) | ||
| I don't knowa | 2.57 (7) | 2.42 (3) | 1.72 (1) | 3.80 (3) | ||
| Missing | 4.56 (13) | 3.13 (4) | 7.94 (5) | 4.82 (4) | ||
| When do you screen for eating disorders?b,c | ||||||
| Annual preparticipation examination | 69.94 (114) | 71.26 (62) | 57.14 (16) | 79.49 (31) | .03 | 14.47 |
| One-time preparticipation examination | 39.26 (64) | 42.53 (37) | 50.00 (14) | 25.64 (10) | ||
| When concerned about a specific athlete | 48.47 (79) | 54.02 (47) | 39.29 (11) | 41.03 (16) | ||
| Other | 6.13 (10) | 5.75 (5) | 7.14 (2) | 2.56 (1) | ||
| Which athletes are screened for an eating disorder? | ||||||
| All athletesa | 76.43 (120) | 72.29 (60) | 75.00 (21) | 83.78 (31) | .67 | 4.033 |
| All female athletesa | 17.20 (27) | 19.28 (16) | 17.86 (5) | 16.22 (6) | ||
| All athletes in sports considered high risk for eating disordersa | 0.64 (1) | 1.20 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | ||
| Specific athletes about whom there is concerna | 5.73 (9) | 7.23 (6) | 7.14 (2) | 0.00 (0) | ||
| Missingc | 3.68 (6) | 4.60 (4) | 0.00 (0) | 5.13 (2) | ||
| Who do you screen for menstrual dysfunction and how often? | ||||||
| All female athletes on an annual basis | 70.55 (115)c | 69.88 (58)d | 78.57 (22)d | 78.38 (29)d | .46 | 1.547 |
| All female athletes at the beginning of their collegiate sports career | 22.09 (36)c | 26.51 (22)d | 21.43 (6)d | 16.22 (6)d | ||
| Missing | 7.36 (12)c | 8.05 (7)c | 0.00 (0)c | 10.26 (4)c | ||
a
Percentages were calculated excluding missing data.
b
Respondents were allowed to select more than 1 option, so percentages do not total 100%; comparisons among divisions were made for whether the institution screened annually as part of the preparticipation examination (conditional on any screening occurring).
c
Percentages were calculated based on the number of respondents who indicated that screening for eating disorders occurred.
d
Percentage was calculated based on the total number of responses in the division to the question, “Which athletes are screened for an eating disorder?”
e
Post hoc pairwise comparisons showed differences between Divisions I and II and Divisions I and III (P < .01).