Physical Activity and School Absenteeism Due to Illness in Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	de Groot, Renate; van Dijk, Martin; Savelberg, Hans; van Acker, Frederik; Kirschner, Paul
Titel	Physical Activity and School Absenteeism Due to Illness in Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 87 (2017) 9, S.658-664 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12542
Schlagwörter	Attendance; Physical Activities; Self Concept Measures; Self Esteem; Depression (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Diseases; Mental Health; Physical Fitness; Electronic Equipment; Measurement; Tests; Student Records; Health Promotion; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Secondary School Students; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Disease; Krankheit; Psychohygiene; Leistungsfähigkeit; Elektronisches Gerät; Messverfahren; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Schülerakte; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Background: Knowledge about the beneficial role of physical activity (PA) for health and school performance is growing. Studies investigating the link between PA and school absenteeism due to illness are lacking. Therefore, we investigated associations between habitual PA and school absenteeism due to illness in adolescents and explored whether mental health and cardiovascular fitness mediated this association. Methods: We studied 328 students in grades 7 and 9 (mean age 13.8 years; 49% boys). The PA was measured objectively by an ActivPAL3™ accelerometer attached on the thigh during 1 full week (24 hours/day). Depressive symptoms and self-esteem were self-reported by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, respectively, and included as a proxy for mental health in the analyses. Cardiovascular fitness was measured by the 20-m shuttle-run test. School absenteeism due to illness data was provided by the school administration. Results: The PA was not significantly associated with school absenteeism, though there was an indirect association between PA and school absenteeism by cardiovascular fitness. Conclusions: Cardiovascular fitness mediates the association between PA and school absenteeism due to illness. Thus, cardiovascular fitness of students should be improved to reduce school absenteeism due to illness. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01