Update on sport mental health assessment tool-1 false negative rates from the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool-1 (SMHAT-1) was developed to screen elite athletes for mental health concerns. Previous work demonstrated high false negative rates (FNRs) for the initial triage step of the tool, but given the novelty of the deployment of the SMHAT-1 during large multisport, multinational competitions, replication of these findings was justified and required. This study, therefore, aimed to recalculate classification performance metrics at the triage step and investigate potential reasons for the high FNRs observed.

Methods

All athletes (n=847) completed steps 1 and 2, including an additional Posttraumatic Stress Disorder questionnaire, and FNRs were calculated. Exploratory analysis, including an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), was use

SUBMITTER: Anderson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506146 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature