Andrew M Straw, Justin W Cole, Kalista McGuire
Peer Instruction as an Alternative Active Learning Pedagogy Across the Pharmacy Curriculum
American journal of pharmaceutical education
objective aim crosssectional study investigate associations physical activity levels emotional behavioural problems schoolgoing adolescents aged 14 17 years ugandamethods twohundred five adolescents median interquartile range age 160 10 years female 619 completed intervieweradministered strengths difficulties questionnaire sdq patient health questionnaire9 phq9 generalised anxiety disorder7 questionnaire gad7 physical activity vital sign pavs measure spearmans rho correlations mannwhitney utests appliedresults among 205 adolescents 971 physically inactive pavs 420minweek 644 reported either mild depressive phq9 5 anxiety gad7 5 symptoms higher pavs scores correlated significantly lower sdq emotional problems 023 p 0001 lower phq9 026 p 0001 lower gad7 022 p 0001 scores emotional problems sdq 5 n 86 significantly less physically active without n 119 300 625 versus 600 1050 minweek p 0001 depressive symptoms phq9 5 significantly less physically active without 350 700 versus 600 1200 minweek p 0001conclusion physical inactivity mental health problems related important public health concerns schoolgoing adolescents lowincome countries uganda efficacy effectiveness schoolbased mental health literacy programs including physical activity promotion explored lowresource settings