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

Vella, Stewart A.; Cliff, Dylan P.; Magee, Christopher A.; Okely, Anthony D.

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.071

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“…Participation in sport can contribute positively to a range of physical, mental and social health dimensions [4,5]. Furthermore, people who maintain participation in sport throughout childhood reportedly have higher health-related quality of life compared to those who do not participate in sport [6], and are more likely to be active as adults [7][8][9]. On the other hand, it is acknowledged that not everyone is attracted to sport, and that people can be active through other leisure-time pursuits [10].…”

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Population levels of sport participation: Implications for sport policy

Eime

Harvey

Charity

et al. 2017

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

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Background: Participation in sport can contribute to health-enhancing levels of leisure-time physical activity. There are recent reports that participation in sport in Australia is decreasing. However, these studies are limited to ages 15 years and over. Methods: This study integrates sports club membership data from five popular team sports and investigates sport participation across the lifespan (4-100 years) by sex and region (metropolitan/non-metropolitan). Results: Overall participant numbers per annum increased from 414,167 in 2010 to 465,403 in 2012 corresponding to a rise in the proportion of Victorian's participating in these sports from 7.5 % in 2010 to 8.3 % in 2012. The highest proportion of participants was in the 10-14 year age range, with participation rates of 36 % in 2010 and 40 % in 2012. There was a considerably lower participation rate in the 15-19 year age group compared to the 10-14 age group, in all three years studied, and the decline continued progressively with increasing age. Male and female age profiles of participation were generally similar in shape, but the female peak at age 10-14 was sharper than for the males, and conversely there were very few 4 year old female participants. Participation rates were generally higher in nonmetropolitan than metropolitan areas; the difference increased with increasing age from 4 to 34 years, then steadily declined, reaching parity at around 60 years of age. Conclusions: It is a positive sign that participation in these popular sports increased by over 50,000 participants from 2010 to 2012. Large proportions of the population aged 5-14 participate in club based sport. Participation rates decline sharply in late adolescence, particularly for females, and while this may not be a concern from a broad health perspective so long as they transition into other forms of physical activity, it is certainly a matter of concern for the sport sector. It is recommended that sport policy places a higher priority on grass-roots participation and that sporting organisations are supported to prioritise the retention issues occurring during adolescence, particularly for females so as to maximise the potential for sport to maintain its positive contribution to population wellbeing.

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Population levels of sport participation: Implications for sport policy

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Harvey

Charity

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“…Thus, trainers should be aware of the psychology of overweight or obese children and try to motivate them continue participating in sport. Vella et al stated that the parents of obese children who regularly do sport perceived higher level of QoL of their children than the parents of obese children who are physically inactive [31]. Although no randomized controlled study investigated the effects of doing physical activity on the QoL, Bock et al presented a one year multidisciplinary program including diet, physical activity, and psychological support to obese children and revealed that the same improved subheadings of the QoL to our physiotherapy group increased following this period [32].…”

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Comparison of the Effects of Physiotherapy Group Exercise and Basketball on Quality of Life of Obese Children

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2017

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Aim: To compare the effects of group exercises under physiotherapist control and basketball program on the quality of life of obese children. Methods: 45 obese children aged 10 years were randomly included to the physiotherapy (n = 14), basketball (n: 15), and control group (n: 16). The children were assessed before and after 12-week study duration. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) was used to determine and compare their quality of life (QoL). Results: No difference was found when the subheadings of the PedsQL were compared among the groups (p > 0.05). When the changes were investigated within the groups, only significant increase was determined in the physical and emotional subheadings of the physiotherapy group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Although no change was determined in the quality of life, physiotherapy group exercise was found to be more successful to affect physical and emotional status of obese children.

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“…La cerca de sensacions es defineix com la necessitat d'assumir riscos i explorar noves emocions. Estudis previs (Sagar, Lavallee i Spray, 2007;Vella i altres, 2014) van suggerir que els adolescents esportistes han d'enfrontar-se amb nous reptes i experiències de forma constant, la qual cosa podria explicar una major cerca de sensacions. Alguns estudis assenyalen els programes esportius com els culpables dels possibles riscos a què puga estar exposat l'adolescent (Fraser-Thomas, Côté i Deakin, 2007).…”

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