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Screen time and physical activity behaviours are associated with health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents

Lacy, Kathleen E., Allender, Steven E., Kremer, Peter J., de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea M., Millar, Lynne M., Moodie, Marjory L., Mathews, Louise B., Malakellis, Mary and Swinburn, Boyd A. 2012, Screen time and physical activity behaviours are associated with health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents, Quality of life research, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1085-1099.

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Title Screen time and physical activity behaviours are associated with health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents
Author(s) Lacy, Kathleen E.
Allender, Steven E.
Kremer, Peter J.
de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea M.
Millar, Lynne M.
Moodie, Marjory L.
Mathews, Louise B.
Malakellis, Mary
Swinburn, Boyd A.
Journal name Quality of life research
Volume number 21
Issue number 6
Start page 1085
End page 1099
Total pages 15
Publisher Springer Netherlands
Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publication date 2012
ISSN 0962-9343
1573-2649
Keyword(s) quality of life
adolescent
physical activity
sedentary lifestyle
Summary Purpose : To explore the cross-sectional relationships between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical activity (PA) behaviours and screen-based media (SBM) use among a sample of Australian adolescents.

Methods : Data came from baseline measures collected for the It’s Your Move! community-based obesity prevention intervention. Questionnaire data on sociodemographics, PA, SBM and HRQoL were collected from 3,040 students (56% boys) aged 11–18 years in grade levels 7–11 in 12 secondary schools. Anthropometric data were measured.

Results : The highest level of PA at recess, lunchtime and after school was associated with higher HRQoL scores (boys, by 5.3, 8.1, 6.3 points; girls, by 4.2, 6.1, 8.2 points) compared with not being active during these periods. Exceeding 2 h of SBM use each day was associated with significantly lower HRQoL scores (boys, by 3.2 points; girls, by 4.0 points). Adolescents who were physically active and low SBM users on school days had higher HRQoL scores (boys, by 6.6 points; girls, by 7.8 points) compared with those who were not physically active every school day and high SBM users on school days.

Conclusions : Several of the relationships between low PA and high SBM use and HRQoL were comparable to those previously observed between chronic disease conditions and HRQoL, indicating that these behaviours deserve substantial attention.
Language eng
Field of Research 111704 Community Child Health
Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2011, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036961

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