Stress levels presented by people with physical disabilities, practitioners or non practitioners of parasports

Authors

  • Karollyni Bastos Andrade Dantas Universidade Tiradentes – UNIT, Aracaju
  • Thainá de Araujo Diniz Figueiredo Universidade Tiradentes – UNIT
  • Francisco Prado Reis Universidade Tiradentes – UNIT
  • Fábio Batista Miranda Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO
  • Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas Univeridade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-8020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.30737

Keywords:

Parathletes, People with Disabilities, Emotional Stress (DeCS)

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of parasports on the stress of people with motor disabilities. This cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted with 39 para-athletes ( = 30.9 ± 11.7 years) and 10 non-athletes with motor disabilities (  = 31.6 ± 9.3 years). Stress was assessed through the application of the LIPP ISLL Questionnaire. The nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was applied for intergroup comparisons of continuous variables. Pearson's chi-square test was used for discrete and/or nominal variables, with a significance level of p < 0.05 to reject the null hypothesis. Results: Para-athletes had a better quality of life than non-athletes (∆% = 12.97%, p = 0.02), the former reaching an overall index of 14.20, classifying them as high (above 14 points). This result is mainly due to ISSL, which categorizes the studied sample into five categories: no stress; Alert; Resistance, Near Exhaustion, and Exhaustion, which indicates a prevalence of (69%) of the state of No Stress, with a predominance of the parasports group (∆% = 16.4%).

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Published

2023-08-27

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2023): Exercise as a Factor of Physical and Mental Health

Section

Original Article

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