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Table 4 Perceived stress levels during the previous hockey season among players reporting no injury, non-substantial injuries, or substantial injuries during the same season

From: Same game, different worlds? General conditions, perceived stress, and associations between stress and past season injuries in elite female and male ice hockey players

 

Total (n = 360)

Females (n = 170)

Males (n = 190)

PSS

Difference

PSS

Difference

PSS

Difference

Mean (95%CI)

Mean (95%CI)

Mean (95%CI)

Mean (95%CI)

Mean (95%CI)

Mean (95%CI)

No injury

13.4 (12.1; 14.7)c

Ref

16.5 (14.5; 18.5)

Ref

11.3 (9.7; 12.9)c

Ref

Non-substantial injuries

14.6 (13.6; 15.6)c

1.2 (-0.4; 2.8)

16.5 (15.1; 17.9)

0.03 (-2.4; 2.5)

12.8 (11.5; 14.1)c

1.5 (-0.5; 3.6)

Substantial injuries

17.4 (16.5; 18.2)ab

4.0 (2.4; 5.5)**

18.3 (17.1; 19.6)

1.9 (-0.5; 4.2)

16.4 (15.3–17.5)ab

5.2 (3.2; 7.1)**

  1. PSS Percieved stress scale (0-40)
  2. **P < .001 (reference No injury)
  3. abcStatistically significant difference compared with a = No injury, b = Non-substantial injury, c = Substantial injury