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In (pre)school, children acquire and deepen their basic motor competencies (BMCs) and interact with peers and friends. BMCs are a central developmental goal in childhood and the prerequisite for participation in sportive aspects of social life. Both motor competencies and social integration are linked to children’s health-related quality of life (H...
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... 1: Both model 1a (preschool) and model 1b (primary school) fit the data well (Table 3). Table 4 shows that the associations of the latent constructs of BMC and social integration with general HRQoL differed between preschool and primary school children. ...Context 2
... 2: Taking model 1 as a starting point, the correlations between the latent factors, as well as with age as a covariate, were calculated for both genders separately in a multigroup model (Table 5). This model achieved a good fit for preschool (model 2a, Table 3) and primary school (model 2b, Table 3). Deviation estimates for boys and girls appeared to be comparable in preschool (boys: χ 2 = 106.924, ...Context 3
... 2: Taking model 1 as a starting point, the correlations between the latent factors, as well as with age as a covariate, were calculated for both genders separately in a multigroup model (Table 5). This model achieved a good fit for preschool (model 2a, Table 3) and primary school (model 2b, Table 3). Deviation estimates for boys and girls appeared to be comparable in preschool (boys: χ 2 = 106.924, ...Context 4
... 3: The structural equation model with object movement, self-movement, social integration, and the subscale physical well-being (t-value of subscale sum score) achieved a good model fit (Table 3). A high correlation between object movement and self-movement was found (r = 0.79, p < 0.001). ...Citations
Background
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is indicative of an individual’s overall health status, and identifying factors that influence HRQOL is important in improving HRQOL. This study investigated associations between the physical function, with focus being placed on the balance ability, and HRQOL.
Methods
This cross-sectional study assessed HRQOL using the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Based on their total, physical, and psychosocial HRQOL scores, participants were divided into higher and lower score groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify physical function that affect HRQOL.
Results
This study included 323 Japanese children aged 8–12 (167 girls, mean age 10.5 ± 1.4 years). The analysis revealed that the total score correlated with balance ability (odds ratio 1.030; p = 0.017) and cardiorespiratory fitness (odds ratio 0.963; p = 0.004). Physical scores correlated with lower body muscle strength (odds ratio 1.020; p = 0.029) and balance ability (odds ratio 1.034; p = 0.006). Psychosocial scores correlated with balance ability (odds ratio 1.024; p = 0.042) and cardiorespiratory fitness (odds ratio 0.972; p = 0.023).
Conclusion
Notably, the balance function was tied to all HRQOL scores among physical functions. The results suggest that improving balance ability is important for maintaining and improving HRQOL.
This interim report contains descriptive results of the 2022 data collections of the study «Development of basic motor competencies in childhood» (01.07.2021-30.06.2025) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, 100019_200840 / 1). The aim of this study is to investigate how preschool and primary school children in Switzerland develop basic motor competencies and what individual, scholastic, and out-of-school factors influence motor development in children.
