Urgent Need for Adolescent Physical Activity Policies and Promotion: Lessons from “Jeeluna”
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Measurements
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Number (%) ¥ |
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Age (mean) | |
Mean ± SD | 15.8 ± 1.8 |
Gender | |
Male | 6398 (51.3) |
Female | 6065 (48.7) |
Areas of residence | |
Urban | 12,205 (97.9) |
Rural | 258 (2.1) |
Nationality | |
Saudi | 10,318 (82.8) |
Non-Saudi | 1493 (12.0) |
Grade | |
Intermediate | 6142 (49.3) |
Secondary | 6321 (50.7) |
BMI result | |
<5th centile | 1858 (14.9) |
5–<85th centile | 6616 (53.1) |
≥85th–<95th centile | 1712 (13.7) |
≥95th centile | 1920 (15.4) |
Engage in physical activity | |
Yes | 6653 (53.4) |
No | 5450 (43.7) |
Engage in physical activity (sports) at school | |
Yes | 4412 (35.4) |
No | 2624 (21.1) |
No physical activity at school | 5052 (40.5) |
Region | Mean No. of Days/Week Spent on >30 min of Exercise | Regional Sample | Physical Activity (Sports) in School Number (%) | ||||
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Total | Male | Female | Total PA | Male | Female | ||
Riyadh | 1.7 ± 2.3 | 2.2 ± 2.4 | 1.3 ± 2.2 | 2749 | 876 (31.8) | 853 (97.4) | 23 (2.6) |
Qasim | 1.5 ± 2.2 | 2.0 ± 2.4 | 1.0 ± 1.8 | 734 | 243 (33.1) | 239 (98.4) | 4 (1.6) |
Makkah | 2.0 ± 2.5 | 2.7 ± 2.7 | 1.0 ± 1.9 | 2906 | 1099 (37.8) | 1074 (97.7) | 25 (2.3) |
Madinah | 1.8 ± 2.4 | 2.5 ± 2.6 | 1.0 ± 1.9 | 943 | 318 (33.7) | 312 (98.1) | 6 (1.9) |
Eastern province | 1.8 ± 2.4 | 2.4 ± 2.6 | 1.2 ± 2.0 | 1851 | 683 (36.8) | 577 (84.5) | 106 (15.5) |
Tabuk | 1.7 ± 2.3 | 2.2 ± 2.5 | 1.3 ± 2.0 | 342 | 111 (32.4) | 81 (73.0) | 30 (27.0) |
Aljouf | 1.6 ± 2.2 | 1.2 ± 2.0 | 1.8 ± 2.4 | 361 | 111 (30.7) | 52 (46.8) | 59 (53.2) |
Hail | 1.8 ± 2.3 | 1.7 ± 2.3 | 2.0 ± 2.4 | 358 | 124 (34.6) | 76 (61.3) | 48 (38.7) |
Northen borders | 1.8 ± 2.4 | 2.7 ± 2.7 | 1.2 ± 1.9 | 222 | 73 (32.8) | 69 (94.5) | 4 (5.5) |
Albaha | 1.5 ± 2.3 | 1.8 ± 2.5 | 1.3 ± 2.2 | 314 | 50 (15.9) | 43 (86.0) | 7 (14.0) |
Aseer | 2.2 ± 2.6 | 3.0 ± 2.8 | 1.3 ± 2.1 | 773 | 324 (41.9) | 316 (97.5) | 8 (2.5) |
Jizan | 2.4 ± 2.8 | 3.3 ± 2.8 | 0.8 ± 1.7 | 606 | 271 (44.7) | 270 (99.6) | 1 (0.4) |
Najran | 2.0 ± 2.4 | 2.3 ± 2.4 | 1.6 ± 2.3 | 304 | 129 (42.4) | 127 (98.4) | 2 (1.6) |
Overall | 1.9 ± 2.4 | 2.4 ± 2.6 | 1.2 ± 2.1 | 12,463 | 4412 (35.4) | 4089 (92.7) | 323 (7.3) |
Engagement in PA | Age | Gender | Areas of Residence | Nationality | BMI | ||||||||||||
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10–14 | 15–19 | p Value | Male | Female | p Value | Urban | Rural | p Value | Saudi | Non-Saudi | p Value | Under-Weight | Normal | Over-Weight | Obese | p Value | |
Engage in PA | |||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1905 (59.6) | 4673 (53.5) | <0.01 | 4266 (68.3) | 2387 (40.7) | <0.01 | 6532 (55.1) | 121 (47.1) | <0.05 | 5575 (54.9) | 835 (56.6) | NS | 1010 (55.0) | 3541 (54.4) | 962 (56.9) | 1057 (56.0) | NS |
No | 1293 (40.4) | 4061 (46.5) | 1976 (31.7) | 3474 (59.3) | 5314 (44.9) | 136 (52.9) | 4579 (45.1) | 640 (43.4) | 826 (45.0) | 2964 (45.6) | 729 (43.1) | 830 (44.0) |
Variable | Total | Male | Female | ||||||
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PA | No PA | p-Value | PA | No PA | p-Value | PA | No PA | p-Value | |
School performance | |||||||||
Excellent academic performance | 2845 (43.3) | 2383 (44.2) | NS | 1709 (40.5) | 766 (39.1) | NS | 1136 (48.2) | 1617 (47.0) | NS |
Not absent from school | 1745 (26.6) | 1095 (20.3) | <0.01 | 1282 (30.4) | 533 (27.3) | <0.05 | 463 (19.7) | 562 (16.3) | <0.01 |
Chronic diseases | 566 (8.8) | 438 (8.2) | NS | 386 (9.4) | 174 (9.1) | NS | 180 (7.7) | 264 (7.7) | NS |
Mental Health | |||||||||
Sadness/frustration | 800 (12.2) | 915 (17.0) | <0.01 | 388 (9.2) | 242 (12.4) | <0.01 | 412 (17.5) | 673 (19.6) | <0.05 |
Anxiety | 383 (5.9) | 416 (7.8) | <0.01 | 171 (4.1) | 117 (6.0) | <0.01 | 212 (9.1) | 299 (8.8) | NS |
Healthy food | 6584 (99.1) | 5344 (98.3) | <0.01 | 4231 (99.3) | 1958 (99.2) | NS | 2353 (98.7) | 3386 (97.7) | <0.05 |
Sedentary lifestyle | 4222 (63.9) | 3643 (67.3) | <0.01 | 2653 (62.7) | 1246 (63.5) | NS | 1569 (66.1) | 2397 (69.4) | <0.01 |
Tobacco/substance use | 1658 (25.6) | 1350 (25.3) | NS | 1041 (25.1) | 521 (27.0) | NS | 617 (26.4) | 829 (24.3) | NS |
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Baqal, O.J.; Saleheen, H.; AlBuhairan, F.S. Urgent Need for Adolescent Physical Activity Policies and Promotion: Lessons from “Jeeluna”. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124464
Baqal OJ, Saleheen H, AlBuhairan FS. Urgent Need for Adolescent Physical Activity Policies and Promotion: Lessons from “Jeeluna”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(12):4464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124464
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaqal, Omar J., Hassan Saleheen, and Fadia S. AlBuhairan. 2020. "Urgent Need for Adolescent Physical Activity Policies and Promotion: Lessons from “Jeeluna”" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12: 4464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124464