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The Associations Between Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders; Dec2023, Vol. 53 Issue 12, p4809-4821, 13p
Subject
Special education
Children with disabilities
Special education schools
Comparative studies
Students with disabilities
Quality of life
Disabilities
COVID-19 pandemic
Intellectual disabilities
Parents
Educational attainment
Children
Adolescence
COVID-19
Cross-sectional method
Self-perception
Age distribution
Accelerometers
Physical activity
Sex distribution
Accelerometry
Exercise intensity
Health behavior
Psychosocial factors
Research funding
Body mass index
Dose-response relationship in biochemistry
Hong Kong (China)
Language
ISSN
01623257
Abstract
To examine the associations between physical activity (PA) levels and mental health in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (IDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, 117 participants aged between 6 and 17 years with IDs from 10 Hong Kong special schools were included. There were positive dose–response associations between PA (i.e., light PA, moderate PA, and vigorous PA) and mental health, and participants with higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and self-concept (SC) had better social quality of life (QoL) than those with lower levels of MVPA and SC. Moreover, personal and environmental factors such as age, body mass index, school, sex, ID level, and parental education level influenced the PA levels and QoL in children and adolescents with IDs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]