Illness symptom clusters | All | Female | Male | P value female versus male | Illness impact on participation in floorball | ||
Full participation but with illness | Reduced participation due to illness | Could not participate due to illness | |||||
Upper/lower respiratory (total) | 387 (49.9) | 156 (52.7) | 231 (48.1) | 0.215 | 133 | 104 | 150 |
Sore throat | 122 (15.7) | 46 (15.5) | 76 (15.8) | 0.913 | 22 | 42 | 58 |
Coughing | 105 (13.5) | 30 (10.1) | 75 (15.6) | 0.030 | 36 | 23 | 46 |
Nasal congestion/runny nose/sneezing | 100 (12.9) | 32 (10.8) | 68 (14.2) | 0.175 | 30 | 29 | 41 |
Difficulty breathing/tight airways | 60 (7.7) | 48 (16.2) | 12 (2.5) | <0.001 | 45 | 10 | 5 |
Non-specific illness (total) | 278 (35.8) | 96 (32.5) | 182 (37.9) | 0.122 | 19 | 72 | 187 |
Fever | 230 (29.6) | 86 (29.1) | 144 (30.0) | 0.779 | 9 | 48 | 173 |
Feeling tired/feverish | 42 (5.4) | 8 (2.7) | 34 (7.1) | 0.009 | 9 | 23 | 10 |
Other pain | 6 (0.8) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (0.8) | NC | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Neurological—headache | 32 (4.1) | 4 (1.4) | 28 (5.9) | 0.002 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Gastrointestinal (total) | 25 (3.3) | 8 (2.8) | 17 (3.5) | 0.520 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
Nausea | 14 (1.8) | 4 (1.4) | 10 (2.1) | 0.457 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Vomiting | 6 (0.8) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (0.8) | NC | – | 1 | 5 |
Abdominal pain | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) | NC | 2 | 1 | – |
Diarrhoea | 2 (0.3) | – | 2 (0.4) | NC | – | 2 | – |
Cardiovascular—fainting | 20 (2.6) | 20 (6.8) | – | NC | 17 | 1 | 2 |
Other—unspecified | 27 (3.5) | 8 (2.7) | 19 (4.0) | 0.354 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
Swollen glands | 10 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | 8 (1.7) | NC | 2 | – | 8 |
Otological—ear symptoms | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) | NC | 1 | – | 2 |
Psychological (total) | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) | NC | 1 | – | 2 |
Anxiety | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | NC | 1 | – | 1 |
Irritation | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.3) | – | NC | – | – | 1 |
Ophthalmological—eye symptoms | 1 (0.1) | – | 1 (0.2) | NC | 1 | – | – |
Total | 776* (100) | 296 (100) | 480 (100) | 194 | 202 | 380 |
Values are number of weekly reports (% of total weekly reports) with each reported symptom.
*Illness symptoms missing for five weekly illness reports. P values for comparison of illness symptom frequency between sexes using the χ2 test (not calculated (NC) if expected value in any cell is less than 5).