Health-Related Fitness as a Predictor of Anxiety Levels Among School Adolescents: An observational cross-sectional study.

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.2174/17450179-v18-e2208151

Sandro Legey, Alberto Souza Sá Filho, Ali Yadollahpour, Fabio Garcia-Garcia, Claudio Imperatori, Eric Murillo-Rodriguez, Antonio Egidio Nardi, João Lucas Lima, Sergio Machado

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Abstract

Background: There is an inverse association between cardiorespiratory fitness and general anxiety levels in adolescents. Obesity also is associated with a higher risk of anxiety in this population. However, little is known about the association between other health-related fitness elements with anxiety symptoms in this population. The authors explored the relationship between health-related fitness and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of Brazilian youth.

Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study with a sample comprised of 257 school adolescents, who were 136 girls (52.9%) and 121 boys (47.1%). The health-related fitness elements were evaluated by FitnessGram® test and anxiety levels by Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children - 39. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to determine the association between health-related fitness elements and anxiety symptoms in both sexes.

Results: In male adolescents, only the cardiorespiratory fitness was significantly associated with anxiety symptoms (F_{(1, 119)} = 6.472; P = 0.012; R² = 0.052; adjusted R² = 0.044). In turn, the anxiety symptoms showed an inverse small relationship with cardiorespiratory fitness (r = - 0.227; P < 0.01). However, in female adolescents, no association was found between health-related fitness elements and anxiety symptoms.

Conclusion: The level of cardiorespiratory fitness may represent a marker of anxiety in male adolescents.

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健康相关健身作为在校青少年焦虑水平的预测因子:一项观察性横断面研究。

背景:青少年心肺健康与焦虑水平呈负相关。在这一人群中，肥胖也与更高的焦虑风险有关。然而，在这一人群中，其他与健康相关的健身因素与焦虑症状之间的关系知之甚少。作者在巴西青年的一个大样本中探讨了健康相关的健身和焦虑症状之间的关系。方法:本研究是一项观察性横断面研究，样本包括257名在校青少年，其中136名女孩(52.9%)和121名男孩(47.1%)。健康相关的健身要素采用FitnessGram®测试进行评估，焦虑水平采用儿童多维焦虑量表- 39进行评估。分层回归分析用于确定与健康相关的健身因素与两性焦虑症状之间的关联。结果:在男性青少年中，只有心肺适能与焦虑症状显著相关(F(1,119) = 6.472;P = 0.012;R2 = 0.052;调整后R2 = 0.044)。反过来，焦虑症状与心肺健康呈负相关(r = - 0.227;P < 0.01)。然而，在女性青少年中，没有发现与健康相关的健身因素与焦虑症状之间的关联。结论:心肺健康水平可能是男性青少年焦虑的一个标志。

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an open access online journal, which publishes Research articles, Reviews, Letters in all areas of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health covering the following topics: Clinical and epidemiological research in psychiatry and mental health; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions; and frequencies and determinants of mental health conditions in the community and the populations at risk; research and economic aspects of psychiatry, with special attention given to manuscripts presenting new results and methods in the area; and clinical epidemiologic investigation of pharmaceutical agents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, a peer reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide.