Cohort profile: the Canadian coordination and activity tracking in children (CATCH) longitudinal cohort

Cairney, John; Veldhuizen, Scott; Rodriguez, Marisela; King‐Dowling, Sara; Kwan, Matthew; Wade, Terrance J.; Price, David; Missiuna, Cheryl; Timmons, Brian W.

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029784

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“…The two groups of participants in each experiment were not statistically different in age, IQ, or digit span working memory index (WMI; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 4 th ed., Wechsler, 2003; see Table S1). Note that we do not argue that rDCD and TD children have equivalent IQ; indeed studies with larger sample sizes have shown significant differences (e.g., IQ 106.1 vs. 100.9, or percentile 65.6 vs. 52.4; Cairney et al, 2019). Nevertheless, whether IQ differs between groups was not the main interest of the current study and, importantly, our statistical models showed that IQ did not associate with behavioral thresholds or ERP effects, suggesting that IQ is unlikely to be a confounding factor for our conclusions (see Comparing age, working memory and IQ between groups in Supporting Information).…”

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“…Note that criterion (b) was not directly applied in the current study because we were concerned that the difficulties in activities of daily living may not be very apparent during the early years (Cairney et al, 2019), and questionnaires to assess the impact of DCD on everyday activities have not yet been validated for this age (Cairney et al, 2015). These assessments were done in an additional session as part of the CATCH study (Cairney et al, 2015(Cairney et al, , 2019. It should be noted that participants did not receive a formal medical diagnosis of DCD from a pediatrician or physician.…”

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Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

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Chan

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Child Development

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Accurate time perception is crucial for hearing (speech, music) and action (walking, catching). Motor brain regions are recruited during auditory time perception. Therefore, the hypothesis was tested that children (age 6-7) at risk for developmental coordination disorder (rDCD), a neurodevelopmental disorder involving motor difficulties, would show nonmotor auditory time perception deficits. Psychophysical tasks confirmed that children with rDCD have poorer duration and rhythm perception than typically developing children (N = 47, d = 0.95-1.01). Electroencephalography showed delayed mismatch negativity or P3a event-related potential latency in response to duration or rhythm deviants, reflecting inefficient brain processing (N = 54, d = 0.71-0.95). These findings are among the first to characterize perceptual timing deficits in DCD, suggesting important theoretical and clinical implications.

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Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

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“…The CATCH cohort contains 589 children (please see Cairney et al (24) for further details of the full cohort). Seven children (1.2%) had missing or incomplete data on the CBCL and were excluded from the present analysis, leaving 582 participants.…”

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“…A higher-than-expected probability of motor impairment also necessitated changes to the randomization probabilities and processes to maintain approximate group balance. The screening and recruitment process is described more fully elsewhere (24). Ethical approval was obtained from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board at McMaster University.…”

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Emotional and Behavioral Problems in 4- and 5-Year Old Children With and Without Motor Delays

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Background: An increased prevalence of psychological and behavioral conditions has been observed in youth and adolescents with DCD. The majority of research examining the relationship between motor skill proficiency and psychological problems has focused on older children and adolescents. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between motor skill proficiency and emotional and behavioral problems among pre-school age children with DCD to help determine how young children are when more severe problems begin to emerge (i.e., symptoms meet clinical thresholds) and the prevalence of comorbidity.Methods: Children 4 to 5 years of age (n = 589) from the Coordination and Activity Tracking in CHildren (CATCH) study were divided into two groups: at risk for DCD (rDCD; n = 288) and typically developing (TD; n = 301). Inclusion in the rDCD group required a score ≤16th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2. Emotional and behavioral problems were assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 1.5 to 5 year parent-report questionnaire. CBCL data were scored using the CBCL syndrome scales as well as the DSM V revised scale scoring.Results: Seven children had missing or incomplete data on the CBCL and were excluded from the present analysis, leaving 582 participants. The mean age was 5.0 (SD 0.6) years and 57% of children were male (TD: 48% male, rDCD group: 67% male). After adjusting for sex, rDCD children scored significantly higher on all CBCL syndrome scales, all DSM-V scales, and all three summative scales. They were also significantly more likely to score at or above the syndrome scale clinical threshold on anxiety, withdrawn, emotionally reactive, aggression, ADHD, internalizing, externalizing, and total problems; and above the DSM-V thresholds on depression and autism. In addition, rDCD status was associated with a higher probability of meeting criteria for one, two, or more disorders in an ordinal logistic regression model.Conclusion: Preschool-age children with rDCD have more parent-reported psychological problems, and are more likely to be above the clinical threshold for many psychological problems and meet criteria for multiple conditions.

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“…Childhood is a very favourable time to develop motor skills and physical fitness, but most recent studies show that motor skills and physical fitness are declining in many countries (Luz et al, 2019). Poor physical fitness and physical inactivity are responsible for poorer motor system coordination as such children are physically weaker and less active (Cairney et al, 2019). Recent research results show that physical fitness has a positive effect on children's academic achievements in math, arts, science and social sciences.…”

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Relationship between Primary School Children’s Physical Fitness, Physical Activity and their Parents’ Physical Activity

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Šukys³

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Background. Healthy lifestyle skills instilled in childhood remain into adulthood. Parental physical activity skills are directly related to their children’s physical activity which strengthens their children’s physical fitness. The aim of the study was to determine and evaluate the relationship between parents’ and children’s physical activity and to evaluate the links between children’s physical activity and physical fitness.Methods. The study involved 486 primary school children aged 7 to 10 years (240 boys and 241 girls) and their parents from Kaunas district. The study was conducted in 2018 in Kaunas district schools. Parental physical activity was assessed using Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire-GLTEQ (Godin & Shephard, 1985). Physical activity of primary school children was assessed by submitting a questionnaire to parents developed by researchers Bacardi-Gascón, Reveles-Roy, Woodward-Lopez, Crawford, and Jiménez-Cruz (2012). Schoolchildren’s physical fitness was assessed by 9 physical fitness tests (Fjørtoft, Pedersen, Sigmundsson, & Vereijken, 2011).Results. Having assessed the physical activity of children according to WHO (2010) recommendations, we found that the vast majority of the surveyed children (93.6% of boys and 86.3 of girls) were physically active, i.e. they engaged in physical activity for more than 1 hour during the day. Comparing the schoolchildren’s physical fitness by gender we found that boys were more physically fit than girls when performing long jumps, two-legged jumps, throwing a tennis ball, and running for six minutes (p < .05). Comparing the results of schoolchildren’s physical fitness by grades (Table 3), we observed that the older children were, the more physically fit they were. Correlation analysis of the research results showed a statistically significant direct relationship between father’s and mother’s physical activity (r = .487, p = .0001). A significant relationship was found between the results of children’s physical activity and tennis ball throwing (r = .170, p = .018) and the results of 10 * 5m running tests (r = –.150, p = .019). Higher physical activity was directly associated with better scores on these tests.Conclusion. Schoolchildren’s and their parents’ physical activity has no relation with schoolchildren’s physical fitness.Keywords: healthy, lifestyle, physical activity, physical fitness.

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Cohort profile: the Canadian coordination and activity tracking in children (CATCH) longitudinal cohort

Cited by 23 publications

References 43 publications

Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

Inferior Auditory Time Perception in Children With Motor Difficulties

Emotional and Behavioral Problems in 4- and 5-Year Old Children With and Without Motor Delays

Relationship between Primary School Children’s Physical Fitness, Physical Activity and their Parents’ Physical Activity

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