Device-measured sedentary behaviour and anxiety symptoms during adolescence: a 6-year prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sedentary behaviour is potentially a modifiable risk factor for anxiety disorders, a major source of global disability that typically starts during adolescence. This is the first prospective study of associations between repeated, device-based measures of sedentary behaviour and anxiety symptoms in adolescents.

Methods

A UK cohort with 4257 adolescents aged 12 at baseline (56% female). Main exposures were sedentary behaviour and physical activity measured using accelerometers for 7-days at ages 12, 14, and 16. Primary outcome was anxiety symptom scores at age 18 from a Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised. We used adjusted negative binomial regression and iso-temporal substitution methods to analyse the data.

Results

We found a positive association between s

SUBMITTER: Kandola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9693656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature