Physical Activity Frequency and Health-Related Quality of Life in Spanish Children and Adolescents with Asthma: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ángel Denche-Zamorano, Raquel Pastor-Cisneros (), Lara Moreno-Moreno, Jorge Carlos-Vivas (), María Mendoza-Muñoz, Nicolás Contreras-Barraza, Miseldra Gil-Marín and Sabina Barrios-Fernández
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Ángel Denche-Zamorano: Health, Economy, Motricity and Education Research Group (HEME), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Raquel Pastor-Cisneros: Social Impact and Innovation in Health (InHEALTH), University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Lara Moreno-Moreno: Health, Economy, Motricity and Education Research Group (HEME), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Jorge Carlos-Vivas: Promoting a Healthy Society Research Group (PHeSO), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
María Mendoza-Muñoz: Research Group on Physical and Health Literacy and Health-Related Quality of Life (PHYQOL), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain
Nicolás Contreras-Barraza: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Andres Bello, Vina del Mar 2531015, Chile
Miseldra Gil-Marín: Public Policy Observatory, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile
Sabina Barrios-Fernández: Social Impact and Innovation in Health (InHEALTH), University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-9

Abstract: Asthma is considered the most prevalent chronic childhood disease worldwide. Physical activity (PA) represents a tool to improve patients with respiratory diseases’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A cross-sectional study examining data from the Spanish National Health Survey (ENSE 2017) was carried out to investigate the associations between the PAF (physical activity frequency) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in asthmatic children and adolescents from 8 to 14 years old (total 11.29 years ± 1.91, boys 11.28 ± 1.90 and 11.29 ± 1.95 girls). Data were obtained from the Children Questionnaire, which was completed by their families or legal guardians, achieving a final sample composed of 240 participants with asthma. Data were taken from Survey 2017 (ENSE 2017), the last one before the COVID-19 pandemic. The results revealed significant associations between the PAF and the HRQoL, finding no significant differences between genders.

Keywords: asthma; health-related quality of life; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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