Observational studyQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019
Sports participation and health-related quality of life: a longitudinal observational study in children.
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- Comparison of stress sources and coping strategies in children practicing judo and their non-training peers.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Sports as a pathway to wellness: sports and health-related quality of life among adolescents in Germany (a cross-sectional analysis from GeWIT Study).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Measuring change in domains of health-related quality of life and well-being in Black or African American adolescent football athletes from rural communities across a single football season.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Beyond membership: how active sports club participation shapes happiness.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Long-term changes in health-related quality of life among Australian adults with psychological distress: a 16-year perspective.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Associations Between 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life in East Asian Children.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parent-child interaction frequency: associations with age, sibling presence, and child health.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Return to sports after pediatric traumatic brain injury: An expert panel survey.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The impact of lifestyle sports on the sleep quality of depressed high school students in Jiangsu Province, China: based on cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impact of adolescent physical activity on quality of life: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Participation in club sport in childhood is associated with mental health in preterm and term born adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Primary Headache Is Related to Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Epilepsy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gender differences in trajectories of health-related quality of life from childhood to adolescence in a 7-year follow-up study in a urban socially disadvantaged sample from Argentina.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
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- Organized physical activity and sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disability.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of domain-specific physical activity composition with health-related quality of life in childhood and adolescence in Australia.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- The mediating effect of food choice upon associations between adolescent health-related quality of life and physical activity, social media use and abstinence from alcohol.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
- COVID-19: Sports activity and health-related quality of life of Swiss children and adolescents before and during the initial stay at home period.Journal of health psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeIn this study, longitudinal associations between sports participation and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were explored. Sports participation was operationalized as membership of a sports club, frequency of sports participation, performing individual versus team sports and performing indoor versus outdoor sports. The concept of HRQoL referred to the self-perceived enjoyment and satisfaction with one's personal health situation.
methodsData from 618 fourth-grade primary school children were included at baseline; 10-13 months later, 417 children (response rate 67.5%) were retained. At both time points, children reported on sports participation (Move and Sports Monitor Questionnaire-youth aged 8-12 years) and health-related quality of life (KIDSCREEN-52). Because of the clustering of children in schools, data were analysed using linear mixed models. Analyses were adjusted for sex, age, BMI, household composition, SES and frequency of sports participation.
resultsThe questionnaires were fully completed by 417 children. High sports-active children showed better scores on almost all dimensions of HRQoL than moderate [difference (B) = - 1.82 (p = 0.05) to - 1.51 (p = 0.05)] or low ports-active children [difference (B) = - 3.67 (p < 0.001) to - 1.95 (p = 0.03)] and non-sports club members [difference (B) = - 5.58 (p < 0.001) to - 2.65 (p = 0.02)]. Unlike frequency, the other examined characteristics of sports participation were only to a limited extent longitudinal associated with HRQoL.
conclusionAs frequency is more relevant than the form of sports participation, children should be encouraged to perform any kind of sports activity on a very regular base.
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