Depression and anxiety levels in first division rugby male players

Abstract

Objective: To describe the profile of anxiety and depression associated with the anthropometric characteristics of rugby players.

Materials and Methods: Observational field study with 44 first division rugby athletes in 15's mode. Ten anthropometric variables were determined, and the jump capacity, alcoholism level, aerobic capacity and speed based on maximum oxygen consumption were estimated using the Léger test.

Results: 44 field rugby athletes in the 15's modality of male gender with an average age of 19.61 ± 3.90 in years and a size of 1.73 ± 0.08 with a weight of 72.99 ± 18.49. A maximum oxygen consumption of 40.23 ml · kg · min-1 ± 6.44 and a mean of 202 cm ± 24.79 was found for the jump test. It was determined that only 2.27% of players had depressive features and 25% had anxiety patterns.

Conclusions: The results suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between anxiety and body fat percentage.

Keywords: Anxiety, depression, rugby.