We read with great interest the July issue of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes. In that issue, Pillay et al.1 reported that 52% of athletes felt depressed during the lockdown period. There is, however, a lack of baseline data hindering the comparison of these findings to the pre-pandemic prevalence. This prompted us to do an early analysis of our ongoing longitudinal cohort study examining Adjustment Disorder (AjD) in Australian high-level athletes.
