A Qualitative Study of 11 World-Class Team-Sport Athletes' Experiences Answering Subjective Questionnaires: A Key Ingredient for 'Visible' Health and Performance Monitoring?

"Declarations FundingNo funding was received for this project. Conflict of InterestAlan McCall, Andreas Ivarsson, Gregory Dupont and Johann Bilsborough acknowledge their overall positive experience with implementing subjective monitoring questionnaires with athletes (albeit not necessarily easy). Adrian Wolfberg and Amelie Laroque declare no conflicts of interest. Compliance with Ethical StandardsVerbal informed consent was obtained from the athletes and ethical approval was granted through Edinburgh Napier University Ethics Committee (SAS/0080). Participants gave verbal informed consent after receiving a detailed explanation of the project. The study complied with the latest guidelines set out in the Declaration of Helsinki, apart from registration in a publicly accessible database. Author ContributionsAM and JB conceived the idea for the project and prepared the initial design drafts. AI and AW reviewed and provided feedback on the initial design and AM, JB, AI and AW worked on various versions including the version following feedback from peer debriefer until a final protocol was developed. AM and AW prepared the data collation sheet. AM conducted the interviews. JB was present for two interviews. AM piloted the interview with athletes and with two additional interviewers for the interviews conducted in other languages (n = 2). AM performed the initial thematic analysis. AI reviewed and AM and AI collaborated to define first full themes. AW reviewed this and together AM, AI, AW prepared the final thematic analysis for review by JB, GD and AL. AM drafted the first version of a manuscript, JB and AI provided input into this first version. Thereafter AM, AI and AW worked on five drafts of a manuscript. Draft 6 was reviewed by all authors who were involved until the final manuscript was submitted. Conflict of Interest Alan McCall, Andreas Ivarsson, Gregory Dupont and Johann Bilsborough acknowledge their overall positive experience with implementing subjective monitoring questionnaires with athletes (albeit not necessarily easy). Adrian Wolfberg and Amelie Laroque declare no conflicts of interest."

"Funding No funding was received for this project."