Exercise Addiction Stability and Health Effects. A 6-Month Follow-up Postcompetition Study in Amateur Endurance Cyclists

Bueno-Antequera, Javier ; Oviedo-Caro, Miguel Ángel ; Legaz-Arrese, Alejandro (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Paris-Garcia, Federico ; Guillén-Correas, Roberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Munguía-Izquierdo, Diego ; Mayolas-Pi, Carmen (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Objective: To study the longitudinal stability of exercise addiction and its health effects in apparently healthy amateur endurance cyclists from pre- to 6-month post-competition.

Methods: In total, 330 (30 women) adult cyclists were divided into 4 groups based on scores on the Exercise Addiction Inventory at both periods: nonrisk (n = 262, 79.1%), transient (n = 35, 10.6%), emerging (n = 14, 4.2%) and persistent (n = 20, 6.1%).

Results: The prevalence of high-risk exercise addiction was reduced postcompetition (16.7% vs 10.3%, P = 0.017). Of the cyclists with a high precompetition risk of exercise addiction, 63.6% (35/55) had a transient addiction associated with favorable effects on mental quality of life (effect size [ES] = 0.52, 95% confidence interval: [0.20, 0.86]) and sleep quality (ES = -0.50 [-0.89, -0.12]) and avoided the worsening of depression symptom severity compared to the remaining groups (ES range = 0.51-0.65). The 5.1% (14/275) of cyclists with a precompetition low risk of exercise addiction presented emerging exercise addiction that was associated with a worsened mental quality of life compared to the remaining groups (ES ranged 0.59-0.91), sleep quality compared to the nonrisk (ES = -0.56 [-0.02, -1.10]) and transient (ES = -0.72 [-1.36, -0.08]) groups and anxiety symptom severity compared to the persistent group (ES = 0.51 [1.20, -0.19]).

Conclusions: Exercise addiction had a marked transitory component at 6-month postcompetition with associated health benefits in amateur endurance cyclists.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000888

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Journal of Addiction Medicine 16, 3 (2022), e140-e149
ISSN: 1932-0620

Factor impacto JCR: 5.5 (2022)

Categ. JCR: SUBSTANCE ABUSE rank: 3 / 21 = 0.143 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.7 - Medicine (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.491 - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) - Pharmacology (medical) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER-PUI-2018-336
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER-PUI-2018-337
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S25D17)
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU13-05130

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Educación Física y Depor. (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)