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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Depression and physical activity in a sample of nigerian adolescents: levels, relationships and predictors. | Adeniyi et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011 5 16 http www.capmh.eom content 5 1 16 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Depression and physical activity in a sample of nigerian adolescents levels relationships and predictors Ade F Adeniyi1 Nkechi C Okafor1 and Celia Y Adeniyi2 Abstract Background Physical inactivity is related to many morbidities but the evidence of its link with depression in adolescents needs further investigation in view of the existing conflicting reports. Methods The data for this cross-sectional study were collected from 1 100 Nigerian adolescents aged 12-17 years. Depressive symptomatology and physical activity were assessed using the Children s Depression Inventory CDI and the Physical Activity Questionnaire-Adolescent version PAQ-A respectively. Independent t tests Pearson s Moment Correlation and Multi-level logistic regression analyses for individual and school area influences were carried out on the data at p 0.05. Results The mean age of the participants was 15.20 1.435 years. The prevalence of mild to moderate depression was 23.8 definite depression was 5.7 and low physical activity was 53.8 . More severe depressive symptoms were linked with lower levels of physical activity r -0.82 p 0.001 and moderate physical activity was linked with reduced risk of depressive symptoms OR 0.42 95 CI 0.29-0.71 . The odds of having depressive symptoms were higher in older adolescents OR 2.16 95 CI 1.81-3.44 and in females OR 2.92 95 CI 1.82-3.54 . Females had a higher risk of low physical activity than male adolescents OR 2.91 95 CI 1.51-4.26 . Being in Senior Secondary class three was a significant predictor of depressive symptoms OR 3.4 95 CI 2.554.37 and low physical activity. Conclusions A sizable burden of depression and low physical activity existed among the studied adolescents and these were linked to both individual and school factors. Future studies should examine the effects of physical .
