Effects of a school-based physical activity program on physical and psychosocial quality of life in elementary school children: a cluster-randomized trial.
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serval:BIB_CF61E1D983D7
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Effects of a school-based physical activity program on physical and psychosocial quality of life in elementary school children: a cluster-randomized trial.
Journal
Pediatric Exercise Science
ISSN
0899-8493 (Print)
ISSN-L
0899-8493
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Volume
22
Number
4
Pages
511-522
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The present study tested the effect of a school-based physical activity (PA) program on quality of life (QoL) in 540 elementary school children. First and fifth graders were randomly assigned to a PA program or a no-PA control condition during one academic year. QoL was assessed by the Child Health Questionnaire at baseline and postintervention. Based on mixed linear model analyses, physical QoL in first graders and physical and psychosocial QoL in fifth graders were not affected by the intervention. In first graders, the PA intervention had a positive impact on psychosocial QoL (effect size [d], 0.32; p < .05). Subpopulation analyses revealed that this effect was caused by an effect in urban (effect size [d], 0.38; p < .05) and overweight first graders (effect size [d], 0.45; p < .05). In conclusion, a school-based PA intervention had little effect on QoL in elementary school children.
Keywords
Anthropometry, Chi-Square Distribution, Child, Cluster Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Physical Education and Training, Physical Fitness/physiology, Physical Fitness/psychology, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, School Health Services/organization & administration, Switzerland
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