Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic.
Little is known about effective strategies to cope with mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of current study was to assess the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in a group of children who were quarantined at home during the pand...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1006 - 1024 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=173779712&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 173779712 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1612197X UXG jtl: International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology issn: 1612197X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2023 vid: 21 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 173779712 10.1080/1612197X.2022.2109186 ppf: 1006 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.5MB tig: atl: Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic. aug: au: Zhao, Zhirong Sarkhani, Sajad Sarkhani, Mohamad Imani, Nahid affil: Physical Education College, Luoyang Normal University, Henan, People's Republic of China Public health researcher, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Nursing, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran su: COVID-19 pandemic Mental health Children's health Mental illness Social isolation Social anxiety Health programs sug: subj: COVID-19 pandemic Mental health Children's health Mental illness Social isolation Social anxiety Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Other provincial and territorial public administration Health programs keyword: child health exercise mental health Quarantine child health exercise mental health Quarantine ab: Little is known about effective strategies to cope with mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of current study was to assess the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in a group of children who were quarantined at home during the pandemic. A randomised clinical trial was conducted on children aged 9–11 during home quarantine periods due to the coronavirus outbreak. A total of 160 eligible participants were randomised into either the intervention group (IG, n = 80) or wait-list control group (CG, n = 80). Children recruited to IG engaged in a 16-session home-based physical activity programme delivered four times weekly, with a duration of sixty minutes, for four consecutive weeks. The primary outcomes were the changes in depression, anxiety, and well-being scores after a four-week exercise programme relative to baseline. The data of 124 participants (65 in IG and 59 in CG) according to Per-Protocol (PP) and data of all samples as Intention to Treat (ITT) were analyzed. The exercise intervention was associated with a significant improvement in odds of anxiety, depression, and well-being in both PP and ITT populations (P < 0.05). The results showed that a home-based exercise programme for children who are experiencing social distancing and isolation restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic can help reduce anxiety and depression symptoms and increase well-being. These findings support the use of exercise programmes to mitigate psychological problems during high-stress or crisis situations similar to COVID-19 pandemic. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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