Pre- and post-COVID 19 outbreak relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms in Spanish adults with major depressive disorder: a secondary analysis of the RADAR-MDD cohort study.

Aim: To evaluate the longitudinal association of sedentary behavior, light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) participation with depressive symptoms and whether their possible association changed depending on the pandemic phase.

Methods: This longitudinal study conducted secondary analysis from the Spanish cohort of the Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse - Major Depressive Disorder (RADAR-MDD) study. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8).

Development and validation of a scale to measure social isolation in adolescents.

There is a lack of questionnaires specifically designed to assess social isolation in adolescents. We developed and validated a self-report measure of social isolation in adolescents, the Social Isolation Questionnaire (QIS). A literature review on social isolation and mental health in adolescents indicated 20 questions to form QIS.

The EMPOWER Occupational e-Mental Health Intervention Implementation Checklist to Foster e-Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace: Development Study.

Background: Occupational e-mental health (OeMH) interventions significantly reduce the burden of mental health conditions. The successful implementation of OeMH interventions is influenced by many implementation strategies, barriers, and facilitators across contexts, which, however, are not systematically tracked. One of the reasons is that international consensus on documenting and reporting the implementation of OeMH interventions is lacking.

The Longitudinal Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Adiposity With Clustered Cardiometabolic Risk: A Mediation Analysis.

Purpose: Previous literature has demonstrated the mediating role of adiposity in the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cardiometabolic risk as well as the potential role of CRF in attenuating the adverse consequences associated with excess weight. This study aimed to evaluate the mediating role of CRF and adiposity in the possible association with cardiometabolic risk.

Method: Observational 3-year longitudinal study that included 420 children and adolescents (10.

The stability of cardiometabolic risk factors clustering in children and adolescents: a 2-year longitudinal study.

Objective: The present study aims to verify the odds of remaining with the clustering of 3 or more, 4 or more, and 5 or more risk factors across a 2-year time span.

Methods: Observational longitudinal study that included 358 children and adolescents (10.96 ± 2.

Cross-Lagged Associations between Physical Activity, Motor Performance, and Academic Skills in Primary School Children.

Purpose: Few longitudinal studies have investigated the interwoven longitudinal dynamics between physical activity (PA), motor performance, and academic skills in middle childhood. Therefore, we investigated the cross-lagged associations between PA, motor performance, and academic skills from grade 1 to grade 3 in Finnish primary school children.

Methods: A total of 189 children 6-9 yr old at baseline comprised the study sample.

Study protocol of EMPOWER: A cluster randomized trial of a multimodal eHealth intervention for promoting mental health in the workplace following a stepped wedge trial design.

This article describes the EMPOWER study, a controlled trial aiming to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an eHealth intervention to prevent common health problems and reduce presenteeism and absenteeism in the workplace. The EMPOWER intervention spans universal, secondary and tertiary prevention and consists of an eHealth platform delivered via a website and a smartphone app designed to guide employees throughout different modules according to their specific profiles. A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial will be implemented in four countries (Finland, Poland, Spain and UK) with employees from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and public agencies.

Determinants of Cognitive Performance in Children and Adolescents: A Populational Longitudinal Study.

We evaluated the determinants of cognitive performance in children and adolescents. This is a longitudinal study, secondary analysis of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) study. We assessed 502 children (51.

A Novel Monitoring System (AUT FIT) for Anthropometrics and Physical Fitness in Primary School Children in Austria: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.

Monitoring of anthropometric and physical fitness parameters in primary school children is important for the prevention of future health problems. Many of the existing test batteries that are useful for monitoring require expensive test materials, specialized test administrators, and a lot of space. This limits the usefulness of such tests for widespread use.

Universal school-based intervention targeting depressive symptoms in adolescents: A cluster randomized trial.

We investigated the effects of three different interventions on depressive symptoms in adolescents. As a secondary aim, we explored the mediating role of social isolation, anxiety, sleep quality, and cognitive function of the intervention effect on depressive symptoms. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, in which schools were randomly assigned to 1.

Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors and the continuous cardiometabolic risk score in children from Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: The present study aimed to verify the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and its relationship with the continuous cardiometabolic risk score (cMetS).

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 631 children aged 6 to 9 years. Cardiorespiratory fitness, glucose, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, and waist circumference were assessed.

The Role of Adiposity in the Association Between Physical Activity and Blood Pressure in Children.

: To analyze whether body adiposity mediates and/or moderates the association between time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (MVPA) and blood pressure in children. : This was a cross-sectional study of 577 children aged 5 to 7 years old. MVPA was measured by accelerometry.

Constructs of poor sleep quality in adolescents: associated factors.

This study aims to evaluate factors associated with sleep quality (overall and by domains) in adolescents. A cross-sectional study. This study was conducted with 1,296 first-year high school students from public schools in the Northern Region of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Violence and psychosocial stress: A 10-year time trend analysis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the temporal trend of psychosocial stress and its association between exposure to violence in adolescents.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of temporal trends based on three school-based and statewide surveys with regular intervals of five years. The target population consisted of high school students from public schools.

Cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents from southern Brazil: comparison to international reference values.

Objectives: To compare cardiometabolic risk factors of Brazilian children and adolescents with international reference values. Cardiometabolic risk factors constitute the Metabolic Syndrome, whose evaluation is important to assess pediatric populations' health and potential to experience metabolic disorders.

Methods: Cross-sectional study that included 2,250 randomly selected children and adolescents (55.

Mediators of lifestyle intervention effects on neonatal adiposity: are we missing a piece of the puzzle?

We evaluated possible mediators underlying lifestyle intervention effects on neonatal adiposity, assessed with sum of skinfolds and cord blood leptin. This is a secondary analysis of the DALI study, a randomised controlled trial in nine European countries. Pregnant women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index of ≥29 kg/m were randomly assigned to counselling for healthy eating (HE), physical activity (PA), HE&PA combined, or to usual care.

Depressive symptoms in older adults: the role of physical activity and social support.

Objective: To evaluate the role of social support in the association between physical activity (PA) in its various domains and depressive symptoms in older adults.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 399 older adults seen at basic health units in the municipality of Recife, state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. Linear regression was implemented using the forward method to assess the association between PA and its domains and depressive symptoms, as well as to test the possible moderating component of social support in this association.

Association between body mass index, physical activity and motor competence in children: moderation analysis by different environmental contexts.

Background: Although the association between body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA) and motor competence (MC) has been widely investigated, the influence of different environmental contexts is not well defined.

Aim: To analyse the relationship between BMI, PA and MC and the moderating role of the environmental context.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 668 children (318 boys) aged 5-7 years (north-eastern district - Brazil).

Effects of a Physical Education Intervention on Academic Performance: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

Background: We investigated the effects of three different interventions on academic performance in students enrolled in the first year of high school.

Methods: This was a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted with 1200 students enrolled in the first year of high school. Schools were randomly assigned to: 1.

The causal pathway effects of a physical activity intervention on adiposity in children: The KISS Study cluster randomized clinical trial.

Background: Very little information on the potential mechanisms of the physical activity interventions effects on adiposity is available. We evaluated the possible mediating factors of a physical activity school-based intervention on the sum of skinfolds in children.

Methods: This is a cluster randomized trial, secondary analysis of the KISS study.

Reciprocal longitudinal relationship between dental fear and oral health in schoolchildren.

Background: No longitudinal study has evaluated the mutual relationship between dental fear and oral health in the same investigation.

Aim: To evaluate the reciprocal longitudinal relationship between dental fear and oral health in schoolchildren.

Design: This longitudinal study monitored 416 Brazilian children aged 5-7 years of age at baseline for 2 years.

Three times as much physical education reduced the risk of children being overweight or obese after 5 years.

Aim: We evaluated the effect that increasing physical education lessons from 1.5 to 4.5 hours per week for 5 years had on the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumferences of children aged 5-11 years at inclusion.

The synergic relationship between social anxiety, depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality and body fatness in adolescents.

Background: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the cross-sectional synergic relationship among social anxiety, poor sleep quality, depressive symptoms and body fatness.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 1,242 adolescents from a north-eastern district in Brazil. It was used the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents for symptoms of social anxiety, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index for sleep quality and the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies for depressive symptoms.