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. 2022 Feb 10;4(2):133–139. doi: 10.1016/j.smhs.2022.02.001

Table 2.

SDS categories by gender, sports type, sports level, phase of the season, sports category, chronotype, sleep disturbance when travelling, performance issue when travelling and sleep-disordered breathing.


None
Mild
Moderate
Severe
p-value (Cramer's V)
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
All Athletes 149 37.8% 189 48.0% 45 11.4% 11 2.8%
Gender 0.79 (0.05)
Male 74 18.8% 87 22.1% 22 5.6% 4 1.0%
Female 75 19.0% 102 25.9% 23 5.8% 7 1.8%
Sports Type 0.40 (0.09)
Team sports 65 16.5% 74 18.8% 18 4.6% 7 1.8%
Individual sports 84 21.3% 115 29.9% 27 6.9% 4 1.0%
Sports Level 0.54 (0.08)
Master athletes 33 8.4% 40 10.2% 12 3.0% 3 0.8%
National level of athletes 74 18.8% 93 23.6% 15 3.8% 6 1.5%
Second-level athletes 42 10.7% 56 14.2% 18 4.6% 2 0.5%
Phase of Season 0.75 (0.06)
Pre-season 71 18.0% 87 22.1% 18 4.6% 4 1.0%
Off-season 78 19.8% 102 25.9% 27 6.9% 7 1.8%
Chronotype < 0.001 (0.24)
Morning and Intermediate type 119 30.2% 140 35.5% 29 7.4% 2 0.5%
Evening-type 30 7.6% 49 12.4% 16 4.1% 9 2.3%
Sleep disturbance when travelling < 0.001 (0.26)
Have sleep disturbance 65 16.5% 122 31.0% 37 9.4% 8 2.0%
No sleep disturbance 84 21.3% 68 17.0% 8 2.0% 3 0.8%
Performance issue when travelling < 0.001 (0.27)
Have performance issue 43 10.9% 98 24.9% 28 7.1% 2 0.5%
No performance issue 106 26.9% 91 23.1% 17 4.3% 9 2.3%
Sleep-disordered breathing 0.90 (0.04)
Have sleep-disordered breathing 36 9.1% 49 12.4% 10 2.5% 2 0.5%
No sleep-disordered breathing 113 28.7% 141 35.5% 35 8.9% 9 2.3%

Abbreviation: SDS, Sleep Difficulty Score.