About this questionnaire

The PODIUM questionnaire was developed to assess marathon runners during the last few days prior to competition.

If you are going to run a marathon race, and want to know your psychological state, this questionnaire may be appropriate for you. Although the original version of the questionnaire was validated in Spanish several years ago, the new English version needs scientific study to be validated.

The purpose of our study is to validate the English version of our PODIUM questionnaire. It should take you about 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire. We are asking runners (at all levels) who are going to compete in a marathon within the next three days to answer 46 questions. Your participation is voluntary and will serve to improve the quality of the questionnaire. By completing and submitting the questionnaire, you are giving your consent to be in this study.

Immediately after completing the test, you will receive the test results, including a brief explanation of each variable and some general interpretations and suggestions. However, since the English version is under development, we suggest that you use these suggestions with caution. We encourage you to ask a sport psychology specialist to help you understand your report.

In order to validate the test, we will initially collect your name and bib number. This information will help us confirm, after the marathon, that you took part in it. As soon as your marathon participation is confirmed, your name and bib information will be deleted and your responses will become anonymous; there will be no way we can identify who they belong to.

If you have any questions please contact the study investigators: here.

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