Association between the prevalence of physical activity deficiency and depressive, anxiety symptoms and dissatisfaction of school life among adolescents in Shaoxing,Zhejiang province / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the prevalence of physical activity deficiency and its association with depressive, anxiety symptoms and dissatisfaction of school life among adolescents in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Method A total of 3 397 valid questionnaires from adolescents from 80 classes of 2 middle schools (including 1 420 urban and 1 977 town adolescents) were investigated for the study, their average age was (13.73±1.01) years. The Depression Self-rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were used to assess the mental health status, while the dissatisfaction of school life was evaluated by the School Life Satisfaction Rating Questionnaire for Adolescent (SLRQA), and the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression models. Result The self-reported proportion of 3 397 adolescents with physical activity deficiency reached 78.5%, and the prevalence rate of depressive, anxiety symptoms and school life dissatisfaction were 55.2%, 18.9% and 31.1%, respectively. Adjusting on other potential confounders, the result of multivariate logistic regression showed that girls engaged in less physical activities, the OR value (95%CI) was 1.597 (1.348-1.892), while the adolescents with town census register and adolescents having six or more close friends participated in more physical activities, their OR values were 0.785 (0.661-0.931) and 0.565 (0.355-0.900), and insufficient physical activity was positively associated with depressive, anxiety and dissatisfaction of their school lives, their OR values were respectively 1.783 (1.506-2.105), 2.141 (1.664-2.755) and 1.337 (1.101-1.621). Conclusion High prevalence of physical activity deficiency appeared among adolescents in Shaoxing and was closely related to the presence of depressive, anxiety symptoms and school life dissatisfaction.