Angie Mejia, Kara Nyhus, Tessie Burley, Alexis Myhre, Marcela Montes, Kristin Osiecki, Anita C Randolph
"Ripping Off the Band-Aid": uncovering future health care Professionals' "Fractured Knowledge" about sexual and reproductive health
Frontiers in reproductive health
studies shown physical activity pa provide helpful lowrisk costeffective intervention children adolescents suffering mental health problems longitudinal study aimed assess whether pa prevents development mental health problems attentiondeficithyperactivity disorder adhd children adolescents data analyzed german health interview examination survey children adolescents kiggs collected 15000 children adolescents three different time points period 10 years parents scored pa study participants three frequency levels according recommendations mental health problems assessed means strengths difficulties questionnaire sdq total problem score sdqtotal hyperactivityinattention symptoms subscale sdqhi used autoregressive crosslagged model examine relationship pa results showed pa boys girls preschool age inversely associated occurrence mental health problems particular adhd symptoms 6 years later higher levels pa associated better general mental health fewer adhd symptoms next time point wave 1 effects observed preadolescence wave 1 adolescence wave 2 neither girls boys findings indicate mediumtohigh pa may supportive factor good mental health children preschool elementary school future studies show whether pa may helpful addon interventional programs improving general mental health alleviating adhd symptoms among children adolescents