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Sleepiness in retired male boxers

Daytime sleepiness and its relationship with impulsiveness and depression symptomatology in retired professional male boxers

Aaron I Esagoff, Jacob S Shaw, Michael J C Bray, Divyaansh Raj, Ashish Vankara, Bharat R Narapareddy, Charles B Bernick, Matthew E Peters. 2024. International Review of Psychiatry.

Read the sourceDOI 10.1080/09540261.2024.2364027PubMed 39255021

The medical question

Which mental-health needs require better recognition and support for fighters?

The Fight Medicine Research Institute uses this evidence to frame questions about a fighter’s psychological health, access to support and health after competition. The study’s population and assessment methods determine which questions it can inform.

Summary

The study examined daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms and impulsivity using established questionnaires in retired professional boxers. Higher sleepiness scores were associated with both symptom measures.

What the abstract reports

  • 86 retired male professional boxers from the Professional Fighters Brain Health Study were included. Mean age was about 51 and the mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale score was 7.5.
  • Higher sleepiness scores were associated with higher impulsiveness scores and higher depression scores in adjusted models.
  • The relationship between number of professional bouts and impulsiveness and depression scores was mediated by sleepiness score.

Publication status and notices

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Observational cohort analysis in International Review of Psychiatry. PubMed publication type: Journal Article.

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Published online
22 June 2024
Issue date
2 April 2024, volume 36, issue 3
Repository date
1 May 2024 (Europe PMC first-publication date)
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