Depression, AnxietyNCT05768841
Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in Endurance Athletes.
An observational study of Depression, Anxiety and Mental Health Issue, run by Ultra Sports Science Foundation at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
Participation in endurance sports has been increasing over the last few decades and our aim of our exploratory descriptive survey study is therefore to examine mental health issues in endurance athletes (marathon runners, ultra endurance runners, triathletes), employing the IOC assessment tool, to provide information… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Issue
- What is being tested?
- mental health issues
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 500 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 15 Mar 2023to 30 Sep 2025
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: Particpants that have or are participating in endurance sports
Who may be able to join
- endurance athletes (marathon runners, ultramarathon runners and triathletes)
- over the age of 16
- all genders
- recreational athletes (non- elite)
- elite athletes (professional, international, college level)
Who cannot join
- athletes that that are not competing or have not competed in an official endurance race
- athletes that are younger than 16 years of age.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
France1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Ultra Sports Science Foundation
Pierre-Bénite, 69310
Volker Scheer, Prof, +33 (0)4 25 36 79 54, contact@ultrasportsscience.org
About this study
Participation in endurance sports has been increasing over the last few decades and our aim of our exploratory descriptive survey study is therefore to examine mental health issues in endurance athletes (marathon runners, ultra endurance runners, triathletes), employing the IOC assessment tool, to provide information on mental health issues in this population. Secondary objects are to evaluate risk factors for mental health issues in endurance athletes (like exercise behaviour, competition behaviour, age, gender, medical issues)
Read the detailed description
This study is an exploratory descriptive survey study.
The study protocol will be largely replicated from the IOC consensus paper and the questionnaires based according to SMHAT 1 with an athlete-specific screening tool (APSQ) and further eleven subsequent disorder-specific screening tools:
Eleven disorder specific screening tools:
- General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7): assesses the presence of symptoms of anxiety.
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): assesses the presence of symptoms of depression.
- Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ): assesses the presence of sleep disturbance.
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption (AUDIT-C): assesses the presence of alcohol misuse.
- Cutting Down, Annoyance by Criticism, Guilty Feeling, and Eye-openers Adapted to Include Drugs (CAGE-AID): assesses the presence of substance misuse, being slightly adapted for the SMHAT (no focus on alcohol use as already explored with the AUDIT-C; additional question to explore which substance was used).
- Brief Eating Disorder in Athletes Questionnaire (BEDA-Q): assesses the presence of disordered eating.
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- PTSD
- Gambling
- Psychosis
Additionally questions to assess exercise addiction will be used as it has been shown that exercise addiction may be particularly prevalent in endurance athletes.
Further questions about age, gender, country of origin, training data, past medical history and medication will be asked as well as a few specific questions about there thoughts on mental health issues as per IOC consensus paper
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Issue
- Being tested
- mental health issues
- Medical subject headings
- Depression, Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
mental health issuesBehavioural
survey on mental health issues in endurance athletes
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| endurance athletes | participants that have or are participating in endurance sports Receives: Behavioral: mental health issues |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of participants with mental health issues
Number of participants with mental health issues
Measured: March-September 2023
Secondary outcomes (1)
Number of participants with risk factors associated with mental health issues
Number of participants with risk factors associated with mental health issues
Measured: March-September 2023
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Mar 2023
- Study start15 Mar 2023
- Primary completion30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Depression, AnxietyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 500 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ultra Sports Science Foundation
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Hospital Universitario del Vinalopo, Universidade do Porto, University of South Africa
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Volker Scheer, Ultra Sports Science Foundation
- Investigators
- Volker Scheer, Prof, Principal investigator, Ultra Sports Science Foundation
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05768841
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- VS1
- Status last verified
- Dec 2024
- First submitted
- 3 Mar 2023
- Last updated
- 30 Mar 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: anonymous
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Mar 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in Endurance Athletes.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05768841
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- VS1
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Issue
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 500 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Ultra Sports Science FoundationUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Hospital Universitario del Vinalopo, Universidade do Porto, University of South Africa
- Study start
- 15 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 14 Mar 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Participation in endurance sports has been increasing over the last few decades and our aim of our exploratory descriptive survey study is therefore to examine mental health issues in endurance athletes (marathon runners, ultra endurance runners, triathletes), employing the IOC assessment tool, to provide information on mental health issues in this population. Secondary objects are to evaluate risk factors for mental health issues in endurance athletes (like exercise behaviour, competition behaviour, age, gender, medical issues)
Detailed description
This study is an exploratory descriptive survey study.
The study protocol will be largely replicated from the IOC consensus paper and the questionnaires based according to SMHAT 1 with an athlete-specific screening tool (APSQ) and further eleven subsequent disorder-specific screening tools:
Eleven disorder specific screening tools:
- General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7): assesses the presence of symptoms of anxiety.
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): assesses the presence of symptoms of depression.
- Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ): assesses the presence of sleep disturbance.
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption (AUDIT-C): assesses the presence of alcohol misuse.
- Cutting Down, Annoyance by Criticism, Guilty Feeling, and Eye-openers Adapted to Include Drugs (CAGE-AID): assesses the presence of substance misuse, being slightly adapted for the SMHAT (no focus on alcohol use as already explored with the AUDIT-C; additional question to explore which substance was used).
- Brief Eating Disorder in Athletes Questionnaire (BEDA-Q): assesses the presence of disordered eating.
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- PTSD
- Gambling
- Psychosis
Additionally questions to assess exercise addiction will be used as it has been shown that exercise addiction may be particularly prevalent in endurance athletes.
Further questions about age, gender, country of origin, training data, past medical history and medication will be asked as well as a few specific questions about there thoughts on mental health issues as per IOC consensus paper
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| endurance athletes | – | Behavioral: mental health issuesparticipants that have or are participating in endurance sports |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Particpants that have or are participating in endurance sports
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- endurance athletes (marathon runners, ultramarathon runners and triathletes)
- over the age of 16
- all genders
- recreational athletes (non- elite)
- elite athletes (professional, international, college level)
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- athletes that that are not competing or have not competed in an official endurance race
- athletes that are younger than 16 years of age.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| mental health issuessurvey on mental health issues in endurance athletes | Behavioural | endurance athletes |
Primary outcome
Number of participants with mental health issues
Time frame: March-September 2023
Number of participants with mental health issues
1 secondary outcome
Number of participants with risk factors associated with mental health issues
Time frame: March-September 2023
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Mar 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. anonymous
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Volker Scheer, Prof principal investigator
Ultra Sports Science Foundation
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Depression, Anxiety and Mental Health Issue, run by Ultra Sports Science Foundation at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Volker Scheer, Prof (+33 4 25 36 79 54, contact@ultrasportsscience.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Number of participants with mental health issues (time frame: March-September 2023). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Mar 2025.