Investigation of Anxiety of Swimmers Regarding Contracting New Type of Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to investigate that anxiety of Swimmers about contracting new type of Coronavirus (Covid19). Method: Swimmers in active state in Turkish Swimming Federation participated in this study. The participants of this research consist of 247 female and 203 male swimmers (450 in total) who are in active state in Turkish Swimming Federation. In this study, “Personal Info Questionare” and “Anxiety of atheletes for contracting new type of Coronavirus (Covid-19) scale” developed by Demir et al. (2020) were used as data collection tool. Results: Differences between sex and personal anxiety sub-dimension and general differences were determined. Differences between in personal anxiety and anxiety regarding socializing both in sub-scale and overall were determined. There is no difference reported according to factors such as financial status based on minimum wage, having a chronic disease, the best swimming style, making practice at home during pandemic. Conclusion: It was concluded that, swimmers have higher level of anxiety of contracting new type of Coronavirus (Covid-19) than the medium level in this study.

Investigation of the Relationship Between Athletes' Anxiety About Catching Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Their Attitudes Towards Nutrition

“…Batu reported that (2020) the anxiety of swimming athletes catching Covid, it was determined that the anxiety levels of female athletes were higher than male athletes [28]. In the study, it was seen that there was no significant difference in the anxiety scores of the athletes when comparing the anxiety of catching Covid by gender, but the average score of women was higher than that of men.…”

Examination of athletes' anxiety about catching coronavirus

“…As a result of the research of Batu and Aydın (2020), no significant difference has been seen between the anxiety of the athletes contracting Covid-19 and the income status variable of the athletes. Although these findings are in line with the findings of the current study, it can be thought that there is no difference in our country since individuals with low income and individuals with high income benefit from health services equally.…”