TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of meeting physical activity, screen-time, and sleep guidelines among children and adolescents with and without visual impairments in the United States
AU - Haegele, Justin A.
AU - Aigner, Carrie J.
AU - Healy, Sean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The purpose of this study was to compare the degree to which children and adolescents with and without visual impairments (VIs) met national physical activity, screen-time, and sleep guidelines. This observational, cross-sectional analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health focused on children (age 6-12 yr) and adolescents (age 13-17 yr) with and without VIs. The sample included 241 (weighted n = 472,127) and 17,610 (weighted n = 28,249,833) children, and 255 (weighted n = 505,401) and 17,417 (weighted n = 20,071,557) adolescentswith and withoutVIs, respectively. Chi-square statistics were computed to examine the degree to which participants with and without VIs met healthbehavior guidelines.Children (p =.02)withVIswere less likely tomeet screen-time guidelines, but adolescents with VIs were not (p =.87). VI status was not associated with the likelihood of meeting physical activity or sleep guidelines (p <.05). Low numbers of children and adolescents with and without VIs meeting health-behavior guidelines warrant targeted interventions aimed at enhancing engagement.
AB - The purpose of this study was to compare the degree to which children and adolescents with and without visual impairments (VIs) met national physical activity, screen-time, and sleep guidelines. This observational, cross-sectional analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health focused on children (age 6-12 yr) and adolescents (age 13-17 yr) with and without VIs. The sample included 241 (weighted n = 472,127) and 17,610 (weighted n = 28,249,833) children, and 255 (weighted n = 505,401) and 17,417 (weighted n = 20,071,557) adolescentswith and withoutVIs, respectively. Chi-square statistics were computed to examine the degree to which participants with and without VIs met healthbehavior guidelines.Children (p =.02)withVIswere less likely tomeet screen-time guidelines, but adolescents with VIs were not (p =.87). VI status was not associated with the likelihood of meeting physical activity or sleep guidelines (p <.05). Low numbers of children and adolescents with and without VIs meeting health-behavior guidelines warrant targeted interventions aimed at enhancing engagement.
KW - Blindness
KW - NSCH
KW - Population-based
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069889882&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1123/apaq.2018-0130
DO - 10.1123/apaq.2018-0130
M3 - Article
C2 - 31155913
AN - SCOPUS:85069889882
SN - 0736-5829
VL - 36
SP - 399
EP - 405
JO - Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
JF - Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -