Prevalence of meeting physical activity, screen-time, and sleep guidelines among children and adolescents with and without visual impairments in the United States

Justin A. Haegele, Carrie J. Aigner, Sean Healy

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)399-405
Number of pages7
JournalAdapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Volume36
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Blindness
  • NSCH
  • Population-based

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