在COVID-19大流行期间,儿童的体力活动和睡眠变化
Karnika Singh1,2, Sarah C Armstrong2,3,4,5, Brooke E Wagner2,3,4
1Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering, Durham, NC, USA.
NPJ digital medicine
|March 17, 2024
概括
由于学校关闭,COVID-19大流行减少了肥胖儿童的体力活动和睡眠. 恢复亲自活动有助于恢复健康的习惯,强调日常活动对儿童健康的重要性.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 每天的日常生活对儿童的体力活动和睡眠至关重要.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,已经建立的日常生活被打破了,包括面对面的学校和活动.
- 患有肥胖症的儿童可能特别容易受到日常生活中断的干扰.
研究的目的:
- 检查COVID-19相关学校关闭期间肥胖儿童体育活动和睡眠模式的变化.
- 为了比较在活动限制期间之前,期间和之后客观测量的健康行为.
主要方法:
- 利用了94名肥胖儿童 (5-17岁) 的可穿戴活动追踪器 (Garmin VivoFit 3) 的数据.
- 使用曼-惠特尼U测试,比较学校关闭前和期间的平均每日步数和睡眠模式 (开始,醒来时间,持续时间).
- 分析了在为期12个月的随机对照试验中收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 在学校关闭期间,肥胖儿童的平均每日步数 (-1655步) 显著下降.
- 睡眠时间减少了超过12分钟,睡眠开始和觉醒时间延迟 (约2小时). 1 小时 45 分钟).
- 身体活动,通过步数测量,在恢复个人活动时增加.
结论:
- 与COVID-19相关的干扰客观地减少了肥胖儿童的体力活动和改变了睡眠模式.
- 面对面的学校和课外活动对于保持这群人的健康行为至关重要.
- 研究结果强调了结构化的日常生活对儿科健康的重要性,特别是对于肥胖儿童.
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