Esports Physical Exercise/Performance Matrix 1.0 Country Factsheets: a protocol for national, regional, and global annual assessment study protocol

Front Public Health. 2024 Nov 21:12:1497552. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1497552. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

This protocol helps evaluators gather current data and prepare annual assessments based on specific indicators to provide insights into physical activity among esports players and identify the challenges they face. This manuscript aims to develop a methodology for creating a standardized monitoring system to assess physical exercise and performance in esports players at national, regional, and global levels. This study protocol proposes 20 online sociodemographic indicators to help characterize participating countries and outline each country's demographic profile. Additionally, this protocol proposes nine content indicators specifically designed to assess physical exercise and performance in esports players. A separate analysis will be required to evaluate each content indicator using a 10-point grading scale. This study protocol will facilitate the annual meetings of national evaluators (researchers) to produce reports, thereby fostering effective and dynamic linkages between research and practice.

Keywords: esports; exercise; monitoring; performance; surveillance; system.

MeSH terms

  • Athletic Performance / statistics & numerical data
  • Exercise*
  • Humans
  • Male

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research received co-funding from the Hunan Federation of Social Sciences Circles under the project “Research on the Development of Outdoor Sports Industry in Hunan Province”, grant number 23YBQ045 (grant holder: Bo Long); from the Teaching Reform Research Program of Hunan Ordinary Higher Education Institutions under the project “Research on the Practical Path of University Physical Education Teaching by Integrating “Survival, Life and Living Education”, grant number 202401000475 (grant holder: Bo Long); and from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at University of Novi Sad and Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, grant number 142-451-3459/2023-01. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, publication decision, or manuscript preparation.