%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Athletic Trainer Support on Mental Status in Student Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
%A Yosuke Shibata
%A Yasunari Kurita
%A Toshiyuki Ojima
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 278-284
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2023.113019
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> The effects of athletic trainer¡¯s supports on physical status are well
established but that on mental status </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">is</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> unknown. This study examined the <span>effects
o</span>f trainer¡¯s supports on mental status among athlete students. <b>Me<span>thods:</span></b><span> This study was a randomized controlled trial with 2-arms. Intervention was a
3-month athletic trainer¡¯s supports. The main outcome was State-Trait </span>Anxiety
Inventory<span>-State (STAI-S) and -Trait
(STAI-T). <b>Result</b>s: A total of 46 participants in the intervention (n =
31) and control arms (n = 15) were analyzed. Significant difference in change
between arms w</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">as</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> detected (</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">4.3, <i>p</i> =
0.044 for STAI-S, </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">5.6, <i>p</i> = 0.001 for STAI-T). <b>Conclusion: </b>An athletic trainer¡¯s supports were effective for anxiety improvement among
athlete stud</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ents.
%K Athletic Trainer
%K STAI
%K Students
%K RCT
%K Japan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123940