Prevalência de inatividade física e apoio social dos pais em adolescentes de Macapá-Amapá

• Main Author: Costa, Danylo
• Publication Date: 2018
• Other Authors: Pureza, Demilto, Mielke, Grégore
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde (Online)
• Download full: https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/7824
• topic: Inatividade física; Adolescentes; Apoio Social; Estudo transversal

This study analyzed the prevalence of physical inactivity and its association with parent’s social support in high school adolescents living in the urban area of Macapá (AP). This is a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 14- to 19-year-old adolescents (n= 1,205) from public and private high schools. Data were collected using the Questionnaire for Measurement of Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Adolescents to estimate physical inactivity (<300 min / week) and family social support. Additional variables included age, sex, skin color, age, socioeconomic position, occupation and type of school. e association between family social support and physical inactivity was analyzed using Poisson regression with robust variance. The prevalence of physical inactivity was 60.2%, being lower in the male adolescents compared to the female (50.9% vs 68.0%, p= 0.001). The results of the adjusted analysis indicated that the prevalence of physical inactivity was higher in those students whose parents never or rarely: stimulated their children to perform physical activity (PR= 1.32; 95% CI: 1.19-1.47), they practiced physical activity together with their children (PR= 1.36; 95% CI: 1.18-1.57), transporting / providing transport for the practice of physical activity (PR= 1.22; 95% CI: 1.10-1.35), watching your children perform physical activities (R= 1.31, 95% CI: 1.15-1.49), talked about physical activity (PR= 1.20; 95% CI 1.08-1.33), praised their children’s physical activity practice (PR= 1.34; 95% CI: 1.20-1.50). Adolescents who did not receive parental support tended to be more inactive than their peers.