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. 2021 Apr 22;56(8):836–844. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-0739.20

Table.

Depression, Physical Activity, and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scores for Adolescent Athletes Before (PreCOVID-19) and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (During COVID-19)

Variable
All Participants
Females
Males
Pre-COVID-19 (n = 5231)
During COVID-19 (n = 3243)
P Value
Pre-COVID-19 (n = 3402)
During COVID-19 (n = 1877)
P Value
Pre-COVID-19 (n = 1829)
During COVID-19 (n = 1366)
P Value
Sex, male, No. (%) 1829 (35.0) 1366 (42.1) <.001
Age, mean ± SD, y 15.7 ± 1.1 16.2 ± 1.2 <.001 15.6 ± 1.1 16.1 ± 1.2 <.001 15.8 ± 1.2 16.2 ± 1.2 <.001
Grade, No. (%) <.001 <.001 .003
 9 1763 (33.7) 862 (26.6) 1177 (34.6 499 (26.6) 586 (32.0) 363 (26.6)
 10 1388 (26.5) 845 (26.1) 937 (27.5) 509 (27.1) 451 (24.7) 336 (24.6)
 11 1153 (22.0) 848 (26.1) 720 (21.2) 470 (25.0) 433 (23.7) 378 (27.7)
 12 927 (17.7) 688 (21.2) 568 (16.7) 399 (21.3) 359 (19.6) 289 (21.2)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Item total scorea 3.3 (3.1, 3.5) 8.0 (7.8, 8.2) <.001 3.6 (3.4, 3.8) 8.2 (7.9, 8.5) <.001 2.6 (2.2, 2.9) 7.8 (7.5, 8.1) <.001
Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale total scoreb 24.7 (24.5, 24.9) 12.2 (11.9, 12.5) <.001 24.5 (24.2, 24.7) 11.4 (11.1, 11.8) <.001 25.7 (25.3, 26.1) 13.9 (13.4, 14.4) <.001
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4c
 Physical summary 91.7 (91.3, 92.1) 82.6 (82.2, 83.0) <.001 89.6 (89.1, 90.0) 80.9 (80.5, 81.4) <.001 96.6 (95.9, 97.3) 86.1 (85.4, 86.8) <.001
 Psychosocial summary 90.4 (89.9, 90.8) 76.2 (75.8. 76.6) <.001 90.1 (89.6, 90.6) 75.0 (74.5, 75.5) <.001 90.9 (90.2, 91.7) 78.6 (77.9, 79.3) <.001
 Totald 90.9 (90.5, 91.3) 78.4 (78.0, 78.8) <.001 90.0 (89.5, 90.4) 77.1 (76.6, 77.6) <.001 92.9 (92.2, 93.6) 81.2 (80.6, 81.9) <.001
a

Historical group n = 2156.

b

Historical group n = 1002.

c

Historical group n = 5231.

d

Total score was reported as the sample weight × inverse propensity score weighted mean (95% CI).