Table 2.

Comparative between competition season meso-cycles, considering well-being variables.

Variables	Season Period		Comparative	Mean Difference (95% CI)	p	Hedge’s g (95% CI)
wDOMS (AU)	Ear-S	10.0 (0.7)	Ear-S vs. Mid-S	0.4 [0.1 to 0.8]	0.05	0.6 [0.04 to 1.1]
	Mid-S	10.4 (0.6)	Ear-S vs. End-S	1.1 [0.7 to 1.5]	<0.001	1.5 [0.9 to 2.2]
	End-S	11.1 (0.6)	Mid-S vs. End-S	0.7 [0.3 to 1.0]	<0.001	1.0 [0.4 to 1.6]
wFatigue (AU)	Ear-S	9.9 (0.7)	Ear-S vs. Mid-S	0.7 [0.3 to 1.1]	0.003	0.8 [0.3 to 1.4]
	Mid-S	10.6 (0.8)	Ear-S vs. End-S	0.9 [0.5 to 1.3]	<0.001	1.2 [0.7 to 1.8]
	End-S	10.8 (0.7)	Mid-S vs. End-S	0.3 [0.1 to 0.7]	0.283	0.3 [0.2 to 0.9]
wStress (AU)	Ear-S	9.6 (0.6)	Ear-S vs. Mid-S	0.7 [0.3 to 1.1]	0.003	0.8 [0.3 to 1.4]
	Mid-S	10.3 (0.9)	Ear-S vs. End-S	1.3 [0.9 to 1.7]	<0.001	1.8 [1.1 to 2.4]
	End-S	10.9 (0.8)	Mid-S vs. End-S	0.6 [0.1 to 1.1]	0.036	0.7 [0.1 to 1.2]
wSleep (AU)	Ear-S	10.4 (0.9)	Ear-S vs. Mid-S	0.5 [0.1 to 0.9]	0.098	0.6 [0.05 to 1.2]
	Mid-S	10.9 (0.7)	Ear-S vs. End-S	0.9 [0.5 to 1.4]	<0.001	1.2 [0.6 to 1.8]
	End-S	11.4 (0.6)	Mid-S vs. End-S	0.4 [0.1 to 0.8]	0.034	0.6 [0.1 to 1.2]
wWS (AU)	Ear-S	40.0 (1.7)	Ear-S vs. Mid-S	2.3 [1.4 to 3.2]	<0.001	1.3 [0.7 to 1.9]
	Mid-S	42.3 (1.6)	Ear-S vs. End-S	4.3 [3.4 to 5.2]	<0.001	2.5 [1.7 to 3.2]
	End-S	44.3 (1.6)	Mid-S vs. End-S	2.0 [1.1 to 2.9]	0.001	1.2 [0.6 to 1.8]

AU, arbitrary units; CI, confidence interval; wSleep, weekly sleep in AU; wDOMS, weekly muscle soreness in AU; wFatigue, weekly fatigue in AU; wStress, weekly stress in AU; wWS, weekly well-being status (sum of Hooper questionnaire indexes) in AU; Ear-S, Early season period; Mid-S, Mid-season period; End-S, End-season period; p, p-value at alpha level 0.05; Hedge’s g (95% CI), Hedge’s g effect size magnitude with 95% confidence interval. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) are highlighted in bold.