Comparison of covid-19 Fear and perceived Stress Level in Tennis Players with Positivie and Negative PCR Results at Elazig/Turkiye

Abstract

This study aimed to the examine the fear of COVID-19 and perceived stress levels of tennis players with positive and negative PCR tests during the COVID-19 pandemic.In this study, COVID-19 fear and perceived stress levels of tennis players with positive and negative PCR in Elazig province, who continue to play tennis despite the pandemic period, were compared. The PCR test result was analyzed by taking into account the variables of gender, education level, age and duration of tennis experience. The sample of this study was determined by the accessible sampling method including 34 participants with positive PCR test status and 16 participants who were over the age of 10-49 and 16 participants who were negative questionnaire technique was used in the research. Data were collected between November 2021 and January 2022.COVID-19 fear and perceived stress level of the participants were measured. Since the data did not show a normal distribution, PCR test distributions depending on gender, age groups, education level, tennis playing time were shown in crosstables. Mann Whitney U test was used to compare the fear of COVID-19 and perceived stress levels according to gender and PCR test status. The results of this study showed that the probability of being PCR negative increased due to the increase in the duration of playing tennis in both females and males and the fear of COVID-19 and perceived stress levels did not differ between PCR positive and negative ones.In addition, as the level of education increases, the perception of insufficient self-efficacy subdimension of the perceived stress scale decreases. In conclusion, the probability of being PCR negative increases as the age groups increase. On the other hand, there is a positive correlation between the years of playing tennis in both males and females and the probability of being PCR negative.