Pain, Fatigue and Sleep Quality of E-Athletes

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Status: Completed

Conditions: E-Athletes

Treatments: Other: Assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05651438

2022-84

Details and patient eligibility

About

E-Sports, which attract great attention in the media and social networks, brings health problems and some risks, depending on the attractiveness of games and the time spent in the digital world. When the investigators examine the literature, although different studies are showing that E-Athletes experience pain and sleep problems, no study examines the factors related to pain and sleep quality together. Therefore, our study was planned to examine the factors associated with pain, fatigue, and sleep quality in E-Athletes.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria were: (1) being between 18 and 35 years of age, (2) being under contract with a professional gaming corporation, (3) being primarily engaged in esports through a computer-based game, (4) having at least one year of professional gaming experience, and (5) volunteering to participate in the study.

The exclusion criteria were: (1) being retired from esports and (2) having any systemic, orthopedic, or neurological disease.

Trial design

86 participants in 1 patient group

E-Athletes

Description:

E-Athletes who are over the age of 18, have participated in professional matches for at least one year, and have an E-sports license were evaluated.

Treatment:

Other: Assessment