Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among Children with Disabilities at School

Sit, Cindy H.P.; McKenzie, Thomas L.; Cerin, Ester; Chow, Bik Chu; Huang, Wendy Yajun; Yu, Jie

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“…In addition, all children in this study were at school during physical activities assessment, and this could be the reason why all children spent most of their time in sedentary activities, with the percentages of total sedentary time between 60.18 ± 10.62 and 67.93 ± 6.96. These results were consistent with a study done by Sit et al [34], which reported that children spent more than 70% of their overall time at school being sedentary.…”

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Monitoring Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Children with Blindness and Deafness: A Cross-sectional Study

Jalal

Ibrahim

Abualait

2020

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Background Child development has critical links to his ability to see and hear. When these senses are impaired, everything is impacted. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of visual and hearing impairments on physical activity and sleep quality in a comparison with the normal sighted-hearing children. Methods This cross-sectional study included 60 Saudi children (20 blind, 20 sensorineural deaf, and 20 sighted-hearing) aged 10 to 15 years old. The physical activity levels and sleep quality were assessed using a waist-mounted ActiGraph accelerometer. Results Children with sensorineural deafness were significantly more active (in step rate and activity rate) than the sighted-hearing group (p = 0.05 and 0.003, respectively). Sighted-hearing children and children with blindness had significantly more sedentary time than children with sensorineural deafness (p = 0.004 and 0.03, respectively). Sleep efficiency was significantly higher in children with sensorineural deafness than sighted-hearing children (p = 0.02). No significant difference was recorded in any of the sleep parameters when children with blindness were compared to the sighted-hearing or children with sensorineural deafness (p > 0.05). Conclusions The ActiGraph results revealed that children with sensorineural deafness were significantly more active and with higher sleep efficiency than sighted-hearing children. Children with blindness spent more time in sedentary activities and less time in moderate activities than children with sensorineural deafness. There was no significant difference in sleep efficiency when comparing sensorineural deaf and blind children.

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Monitoring Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Children with Blindness and Deafness: A Cross-sectional Study

Jalal

Ibrahim

Abualait

2020

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“…Therefore, whether a longer intervention program is able to reveal a positive body composition change among students with physical disability is still considered as uncertain ( Table 2). 4 Asian J Sports Med. 2020; 11(1):e98225.…”

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“…ities reported that only 26% of the physically disabled children in special education school did participate in sports regularly compared to over 70% in non-disabled youth (14). Therefore, the low level of physical activity engagement and fitness of children with disabilities were associated with inferior health status, in both physical and mental health (4,15). It can be known that there were various factors leading to the lack of physical activity and poor fitness of children and adolescents with disabilities; for instance, lack of assistance from caregivers, lack of physical activity (PA) opportunities, concern for the children's safety, lack of professional teacher training, insufficient facilities at school for disabilities or other socio-environmental factors (16).…”

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“…Schools are considered as an essential setting for students' health-promotion and education (4,9,17). Local research has also proved that the active behaviour of children with disabilities was being more encouraged under structured activities with teachers' supervision (2).…”

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“…However, the HKSAR government-commissioned consultancy study (1) demonstrated that the physical activity participation opportunities for children with disabilities varied from school to school. Hong Kong research has only indicated significant results in the physical fitness-and-activity intensity relationships within children with intellectual disability and social development problems but not children with physical disabilities (PD) (4). Schools for physical disabilities showed concern towards the decrease in sports courses' variety and availability offered by related organizations specialized for them (1); which may result in further physical inactivity and physical health issues within children with physical disabilities (18).…”

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Effects of Sitting Light Volleyball Intervention on Physical Fitness Among Hong Kong Students with Physical Disabilities: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study

Wong

Leung

2020

Asian J Sports Med

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Background: Hong Kong students with physical disabilities were being seen as physically inactive compared with typically developed people or even people with other disabilities, such as visual impairment or intellectual disabilities. Lack of regular physical activity would lead to poor physical fitness, and yet is associated with a higher risk of being obese or other physical as well as mental health problems. Currently, a newly developed sport, sitting light volleyball, modified from the Paralympic sitting volleyball, is considered as suitable for disabled people with lower physical fitness, in which was able to increase fitness level and increase their physical activity. Objectives: The current study aimed to examine the effect of sitting light volleyball in improving physical fitness among students with physical disabilities in Hong Kong. Methods: The current study was an interventional, quasi-experimental study. Nineteen participants, 8 males and 11 females, with the age of 18.5 on average (SD = 3.24), participated in the study. Two local special education schools were involved in the 10-week (65 minutes per session) sitting light volleyball intervention program. Participants took part in a fitness test before and after the intervention. The intended-to-treat approach was adopted throughout the data analysis, with the last observation carried forward method for managing the missing data. Results: No significant changes in body composition outcomes of the participants were found. The non-parametric sign test showed significant median differences on dumbbell press test and flexibility test of the right shoulder before and after the intervention, with Z = 2.94, P = 0.003; Z = 2.20, P = 0.028, respectively. Conclusions: This indicated that the sitting light volleyball intervention was able to provide preliminary evidence on showing the enhancement of muscle endurance and flexibility of the students with physical disabilities. Whereas, intensified interventions should be done in the future to examine the possible changes in body composition as well as psychological health conditions.

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Promotion of physical activity by health professionals in a sample of six public hospitals: A cross sectional study

Purcell

Taylor

West

et al. 2023

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue AddressedDespite strong evidence of physical and mental health benefits from physical activity, participation is low. Physical activity promotion by health professionals can effectively increase physical activity participation. This study aimed to explore the frequency of physical activity promotion by health professionals in public hospitals with a focus on community‐based structured exercise; and facilitators and barriers to such promotion.MethodsWe surveyed health professionals (n = 100) from physiotherapy, rheumatology and rehabilitation departments at six public hospitals in Sydney, Australia.ResultsMost common respondent characteristics were physiotherapist (84%), female (68%), aged 25–34 years (45%) and treating older adults (45%). Almost all health professionals (94%) considered themselves physical activity role‐models. Half (53%) reported promoting physical activity frequently/often to their clients. Those working with children with a physical disability (23%) were more likely to promote physical activity (Relative Risk 1.69, 95% CI 1.13–2.51, p = .03), than those working with adults or older adults.Half the physiotherapists (52%) reported providing tailored advice about increasing physical activity frequently/often, but only 20% provided advice about structured physical activity. Barriers reported by physiotherapists were lack of time (51%) and client's access to transport (61%).ConclusionOnly half the health professionals surveyed offered tailored physical activity advice to clients, and advice on structured physical activity was less common.So What?Some promotion of physical activity by health professionals is occurring in hospital settings but more work is needed to embed this within clinical care.

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Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among Children with Disabilities at School

Abstract: This is the first study to examine MVPA and ST among different disability types at school using accelerometry. Given the low levels of PA, this population should receive priority in the development of cost-effective interventions to improve their PA opportunities.

Cited by 63 publications

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Monitoring Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Children with Blindness and Deafness: A Cross-sectional Study

Monitoring Physical Activity and Sleep Quality in Children with Blindness and Deafness: A Cross-sectional Study

Effects of Sitting Light Volleyball Intervention on Physical Fitness Among Hong Kong Students with Physical Disabilities: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study

Promotion of physical activity by health professionals in a sample of six public hospitals: A cross sectional study

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