Associations of physical activity, screen time with depression, anxiety and sleep quality among Chinese college freshmen
Feng Q, Zhang QL, Du Y, Ye YL, He QQ
PloS one · 174 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Wuhan University
- Government
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2014-06-25 · PLoS One · vol. 9 · issue 6 · p. e100914
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Cited
- 297 citations · more than 94% of similar papers · 3.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 37 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Physical Activity and Health · Sleep and related disorders · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- physical activity, screen time, depression, anxiety, sleep quality, first-year students, university students, Chinese students, interaction effects, mental health
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, prevalence, follow-up studies, cross-sectional studies, mental health, anxiety disorders, depressive disorder, time factors, students, universities, adolescent, adult, china, female, male, young adult, self report, sleep wake disorders
5 authors
From CN
- Qi FengWuhan University
- Qing-le ZhangWuhan University
- Yue DuWuhan University
- Yong-ling YeWuhan University
- Qiqiang He · correspondingWuhan University
Abstract
Objectives
To investigate the independent and interactive associations of physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) with depression, anxiety and sleep quality among Chinese college students.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Wuhan University, China from November to December 2011. The students reported their PA, ST and socio-economic characteristics using self-administered questionnaires. Sleep quality was measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Depression and anxiety were assessed using the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), respectively. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the independent and interactive relationships of PA and ST with depression, anxiety and sleep quality.
Results
A total of 1106 freshmen (471 females and 635 males) aged 18.9±0.9 years were included in the study. After adjustment for potential confounders, high PA and low ST were independently associated with significantly lower risks for poor sleep quality (OR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.30-0.78) and depression (OR: 0.67, 95%CI: 0.44-0.89), respectively. An interactive inverse association was observed for combined effects of PA and low ST on depression (OR: 0.62, 95%CI: 0.40-0.92) and sleep quality (OR: 0.51, 95%CI: 0.27-0.91). No statistically significant associations were found between PA, ST and anxiety among the participants.
Conclusions
These findings suggest an independent and interactive relationship of high PA and low ST with significantly reduced prevalence of depressive problems and favorable sleep quality among Chinese college freshmen.
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