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ArticleBMC research notes2025

Sports activities and mental distress in young people in deprived urban areas in South America: a cross-sectional analysis.

Sofia Madero, Luis Ignacio Brusco, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, Natividad Olivar, Pablo Ezequiel Flores-Kanter, Sumiko Flores, Ana L Vilela-Estrada, Ángela Flórez-Varela, M Esteban Uribe Pinto and 3 more

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Sofia MaderoDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Luis Ignacio BruscoDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Francisco Diez-CansecoCRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Carlos Gómez-RestrepoDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Natividad OlivarDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pablo Ezequiel Flores-KanterDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sumiko FloresCRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Ana L Vilela-EstradaCRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Ángela Flórez-VarelaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
M Esteban Uribe PintoDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Diliniya Stanislaus SureshkumarUnit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Catherine FungUnit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. c.fung@qmul.ac.uk.
Stefan PriebeCentre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the association between sport activities and depression/anxiety symptoms among young people in disadvantaged urban areas of South America.

resultsOut of a total of 2375 participants, 1131 (47.1%) had engaged in sports in the previous month. Sports activities, particularly those performed with others, were associated with lower anxiety and depression. There was a trend for this association to be stronger in male than in female participants.

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AnxietyDepressionPsychological DistressSportsUrban PopulationAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSouth AmericaYoung AdultAdolescentsAnxietyDepressionMental healthSports activitiesYoung adults

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PMID40598281
PMCPMC12217355

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