[Depressive states in sports].
BACKGROUND
This study was carried out in the Sportive Medical Evaluation Center at the Complutense University in Madrid. Its major objective was to assess the prevalence of the Depression Status among professional sport men and women.


METHODS
The Tetradimensional structured Test for depression was used for psychometric evaluation to compare two groups of 52 high competition sport men and women, and 50 university as the reference group.


RESULTS
Study results show a 25% prevalence of depression status for the high competition sport group compared to a 2% prevalence for the reference group (p = 0.00079).


CONCLUSIONS
These results seem to conform the association between high competition sport practice and the occurrence of depressive status.
García Alonso
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Departamento de Promoción de Salud de la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad.
López Vega
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Estados depresivos en el deporte.