Prevalence of physical activity and sedentary-related behaviors among adolescents: data from the Qatar National School Survey
| Autor: | Mohammed Al-Thani, Suzan Sayegh, Hammad Akram, Walaa Al-Chetachi, Benjamin Vinodson, Izzeldin Ibrahim, S. Alyafei, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Shams Eldin Ali Hassan Khalifa, Al-Anoud Al-Thani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent education Physical activity 030209 endocrinology & metabolism School survey Odds 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology Prevalence Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Exercise Qatar Schools business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Sedentary behavior Odds ratio Cross-Sectional Studies Health promotion Adolescent Behavior Female Sedentary Behavior business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Public Health. 160:150-155 |
| ISSN: | 0033-3506 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.019 |
| Popis: | To investigate the prevalence of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors among adolescents in Qatar by selected demographic characteristics.Cross-sectional study.A total of 5862 students (2938 boys and 2924 girls) in the age group 12-17 years were included in the analyses. PA and sedentary-related measures were obtained from the self-reported survey questions.Only 35.4% of students were performing 60 min of PA ≥3 days/week. The proportion of students with2 hr screentime ranged from 43% to 57% (weekdays) and 50% to 62.5% (weekends). Girls had less odds of being physically active than the boys (odds ratio [OR] = 0.61, P 0.001). Qatari students were less likely to be physically active than non-Qataris (OR = 0.79, P 0.001). Age was inversely correlated with PA ([r = -0.113, P 0.001 for participation with sports team] and [r = -0.139, P 0.001 for school physical education classes]). Participation in sports teams positively correlated with 60 min of PA number of days in a week (r = 0.317, P 0.001).The study describes insufficient PA among youth as a public health issue of concern in the State of Qatar that requires multipronged health promotion initiatives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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