Sport and Physical Activity Level Impacts Health-Related Quality of Life Among Collegiate Students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine and compare the role of self-assessed sport and physical activity involvement on the health-related quality of life among undergraduate student-athletes and general undergraduate college students.

Design

Cross-sectional survey. Data set was examined for differences in physical and mental health by self-assessed sport and physical activity level.

Setting

Large Midwestern University in the fall of 2016.

Participants

A combined data set representing undergraduate Division I student athletes (n = 842) and general undergraduate students (n = 1322).

Measures

Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12), as measure of health-related quality of life, comprised of physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS). Self-assessed spo

SUBMITTER: Snedden TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7213817 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature