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Prevalence and correlates of exergaming in youth.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | O'Loughlin, Erin Kathleen Dugas, Erika Nicole Sabiston, Catherine M. O'Loughlin, Jennifer Lee |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVES Less than 15% of children and adolescents participate regularly in physical activity (PA) and, with ever-increasing obesity, strategies to improve PA levels in youth are urgently needed. Exergaming offers a PA alternative that may be especially attractive in our increasingly technophilic society. However, there are no observational studies of exergaming in population-based samples of adolescents. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential sociodemographic, lifestyle, psychosocial, weight-related, and mental health correlates of exergaming as well as describe the type, timing, and intensity of exergaming in a population-based sample of adolescents. METHODS Data on exergame use and potential sociodemographic, lifestyle, psychosocial, weight-related, and mental health correlates of exergaming were collected in mailed self-report questionnaires completed by 1241 grade 10 and 11 students from the Montreal area with a mean age of 16.8 years (SD = 0.05 years; 43% male) participating in the AdoQuest study. The independent correlates of exergaming were identified in multivariable logistic regression models. RESULTS Nearly one-quarter (24%) of participants reported exergaming. Exergamers played 2 days per week on average, for ∼50 minutes each bout; 73% of exergamers played at a moderate or vigorous intensity. Exergamers were more likely than nonexergamers to be girls, to play nonactive video games, to watch ≥2 hours of television per day, to be stressed about weight, and to be nonsmokers. CONCLUSIONS Many adolescents exergame at intensity levels that could help them achieve current moderate-to-vigorous PA recommendations. Interventions that encourage exergaming may increase PA and decrease sedentary behavior in select youth subgroups, notably in girls. |
| Starting Page | 225 |
| Ending Page | 230 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/130/5/806.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2012/09/26/peds.2012-0391.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 23027171v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-0391 |
| DOI | 10.1542/peds.2012-0391 |
| Journal | Pediatrics |
| Volume Number | 130 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Adolescent (age group) Exercise Female child How True Feel Vigorous Right Now Mail Physiological Sexual Disorders Video Games mental health |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
