Sports Participation and Parent-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Children: Longitudinal Associations

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• 作者：Stewart A. Vella ; PhD¹ ; ^{stvella@uow.edu.au" class="auth_mail} ; Dylan P. Cliff ; PhD¹ ; Christopher A. Magee ; PhD² ; Anthony D. Okely ; EdD¹
• 关键词：BMI ; Body mass index ; HRQOL ; Health-related quality of life ; LSAC ; Longitudinal Study of Australian Children ; PedsQL ; Pediatric Quality of Life Scale ; SEP ; Socioeconomic position
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：June 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：164
• 期：6
• 页码：1469-1474
• 全文大小：263 K

文摘

To investigate the longitudinal association between sports participation and parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children.

d="absSec_2">Study design

d="abspara0015">Cohort study that used data drawn from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children in waves 3 (2008) and 4 (2010). Participants were a nationally representative sample of 4042 Australian children ages 8.25 (SD = 0.44) years at baseline and followed-up 24 months later.

d="absSec_3">Results

d="abspara0020">After we adjusted for multiple covariates, children who continued to participate in sports between the ages of 8 and 10 years had greater parent-reported HRQOL at age 10 (Eta² = .02) compared with children who did not participate in sports (P ≤ .001), children who commenced participation after 8 years of age (P = .004), and children who dropped out of sports before reaching 10 years of age (P = .04). Children who participated in both team and individual sports (P = .02) or team sports alone (P = .04) had greater HRQOL compared with children who participated in individual sports alone (Eta² = .01). The benefits of sports participation were strongest for girls (P < .05; Eta² = .003).

d="absSec_4">Conclusions

d="abspara0025">Children's participation in developmentally appropriate team sports helps to protect HRQOL and should be encouraged at an early age and maintained for as long as possible.