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. 2022 Nov 7;19(21):14611.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114611.

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

Ángel Denche-Zamorano  1 , Raquel Pastor-Cisneros  2 , Lara Moreno-Moreno  1 , Jorge Carlos-Vivas  3 , María Mendoza-Muñoz  4   5 , Nicolás Contreras-Barraza  6 , Miseldra Gil-Marín  7 , Sabina Barrios-Fernández  2
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Physical Activity Frequency and Health-Related Quality of Life in Spanish Children and Adolescents with Asthma: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ángel Denche-Zamorano et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The study sample’s eligibility criteria process.
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