Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour of Primary School Learners in Lagos State, Nigeria
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- What would be the baseline PA and SB data of primary school children in Lagos state, Nigeria.
- Are the PA and SB scores and levels of primary school children in Lagos State, Nigeria, statistically comparable across gender?
- What would be the levels of PA among primary school children in Lagos State, Nigeria.
- Is PA associated with some selected socioeconomic, cardiovascular, and anthropometric variables of primary school children in Lagos State, Nigeria.
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Sampling Technique and Sample Size Calculation
2.3.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.3.2. Ethical Considerations
2.3.3. Data Collection Process
2.3.4. Socio-Economic Status (SES)
2.3.5. Cardiovascular Measures (Blood Pressure and Heart Rate)
2.3.6. Anthropometric Measurements
2.3.7. Self-Reported PA Assessment
2.3.8. Objective PA Assessment with Pedometers
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. General Baseline Data (Research Question 1)
3.2. Comparison of Participants PA and SB Scores across Gender (Research Question 2)
3.3. Levels of PA and SB (Research Question 3)
4. Discussion
5. Limitation
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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CPAQ | Boys = 292 | Girls = 251 | ||
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Median (IQR) (LQ, UQ) | Median (IQR) | z | p-Value | |
Age (years) | 8.00 (7.00, 9.00) | 8.00 (7.00, 9.00) | −0.284 | 0.776 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 16.20 (15.2, 17.30) | 15.94 (14.90, 17.20) | −1.679 | 0.093 |
Height (m) | 1.27 (1.21, 1.32) | 1.25 (1.20, 1.32) | −0.983 | 0.326 |
Weight (kg) | 26.00 (24.00, 29.00) | 25.00 (22.00, 29.00) | −1.557 | 0.120 |
HC (cm) | 63.00 (60.00, 67.00) | 64.00 (60.00, 67.00) | −0.619 | 0.536 |
WC (cm) | 56.00 (54.00, 59.00) | 57.00 (54.00, 59.00) | −0.457 | 0.647 |
WHR | 0.89 (0.87, 0.93) | 0.89 (0.86, 0.93) | −0.095 | 0.925 |
SES | 6.00 (4.20, 7.20) | 6.00 (4.80, 7.20) | −0.163 | 0.870 |
SBP (mmHg) | 117.50 (109.00, 134.00) | 115.00 (106.00, 125.00) | −1.910 | 0.056 |
DBP (mmHg) | 80.00 (70.00, 100.00) | 80.00 (66.00, 99.00) | −1.469 | 0.142 |
HR (beats/min) | 96.00 (82.00, 109.00) | 97.00 (87.25, 110.00) | −1.462 | 0.144 |
YAP | Boys = 101 | Girls = 89 | ||
Age (years) | 11.00 (10.00, 11.00) | 10.00 (10.00, 11.00) | −1.280 | 0.201 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 17.20 (15.6, 18.65) | 17.20 (15.70, 18.15) | −0.561 | 0.575 |
Height (m) | 1.35 (1.30, 1.39) | 1.32 (1.29, 1.39) | −0.653 | 0.514 |
Weight (kg) | 30.00 (27.00, 34.00) | 30.00 (28.50, 32.00) | −0.723 | 0.470 |
HC (cm) | 65.00 (62.00, 69.00) | 65.00 (60.00, 69.00) | −0.423 | 0.672 |
WC (cm) | 57.50 (55.00, 61.00) | 58.00 (55.00, 61.00) | −0.225 | 0.822 |
WHR | 0.90 (0.86, 0.92) | 0.88 (0.85, 0.93) | −0.034 | 0.973 |
SES | 6.00 (4.20, 7.80) | 5.40 (4.20, 6.90) | −2.020 | 0.043 * |
SBP (mmHg) | 119.00 (110.00, 126.00) | 118.00 (110.00, 127.00) | −0.174 | 0.862 |
DBP (mmHg) | 80 (68.00, 95.00) | 76.00 (68.00, 91.00) | −1.194 | 0.233 |
HR (beats/min) | 90 (80.75, 103.00) | 94.00 (87.00, 109.50) | −2.189 | 0.029 * |
Boys = 292 | Girls = 251 | F | p-Value | |
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Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | |||
Score | CPAQ (For Children Aged 6–9 Years) | |||
Sports PA Weekday (min) | 180.0 (20.0, 180.0) | 180.0 (20.0, 180.0) | 0.018 | 0.892 |
Sports PA Weekend (min) | 300.0 (90.0, 300.0) | 300.0 (120.0, 300.0) | 2.534 | 0.112 |
Leisure PA Weekday (min) | 900.0 (135.0, 900.0) | 900.0 (160.0, 900.0) | 0.471 | 0.493 |
Leisure PA Weekend (min) | 1350.0 (240.0, 1400.0) | 1350.0 (360.0, 1400.0) | 0.096 | 0.757 |
PA at School Weekday (min) | 1080.0 (480.0, 1080.0) | 1080.0 (480.0, 1080.0) | 1.499 | 0.221 |
Total PA Weekday (min) | 2130.0 (575.0, 2160.0) | 2160.0 (575.0, 2160.0) | 0.898 | 0.344 |
Total PA Weekend (min) | 1650.0 (300.0, 1675.0) | 1650.0 (470.0, 1700.0) | 1.372 | 0.242 |
Total PA (min) | 3780.0 (750.0, 3860.0) | 3810.0 (785.0, 3870.0) | 1.224 | 0.269 |
Total PA/day (min) | 540.0 (107.1, 551.4) | 544.00 (112.14, 552.9) | 1.224 | 0.269 |
Sedentary Weekday (min) | 300.0 (300.0, 360.0) | 300.0 (300.0, 360.0) | 2.835 | 0.093 |
Sedentary Weekend (min) | 120.0 (120.0, 180.0) | 120.0 (120.0, 180.0) | 0.010 | 0.921 |
Total Sedentary time (min) | 420.0 (420.0, 540.0) | 420.0 (420.0, 540.0) | 0.001 | 0.971 |
Average Sedentary time (min) | 60.0 (60.0, 77.14) | 60.0 (60.0, 77.14) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
YAP (For Children aged 10–12 years) | ||||
n = 101 | n = 89 | |||
Activity in School | 13.00 (8.00, 15.00) | 13.00 (10.00, 15.00) | 0.000 | 0.996 |
Activity Outside School | 12.00 (10.00, 13.00) | 12.00 (9.00, 13.00) | 0.710 | 0.401 |
Total PA School | 24.00 (19.00, 29.00) | 25.00 (20.00, 28.00) | 0.242 | 0.623 |
Sedentary Habits | 16.00 (14.00, 17.00) | 16.00 (14.00, 16.00) | 0.114 | 0.736 |
Pedometer (For Children aged 6–9 years) | ||||
n = 83 | n = 75 | z | p-value | |
Average Step Count | 6994.43 (6142.85, 8691.86) | 6638.43 (5421.43, 7538.86) | −2.394 | 0.017 * |
Total weekly step count | 48,961.00 (43,000.00, 60,843.00) | 48,469.00 (37,950.00, 52,772.00) | −2.394 | 0.017 * |
Pedometer (aged 10–12 years) | ||||
n = 26 | n = 17 | z | p-value | |
Average Step Count | 6910.71 (5811.86, 9184.18) | 6483.29 (5734.21, 8752.71) | −1.056 | 0.291 |
Total weekly step count | 48,375.00 (40,683.00, 64,149.25) | 45,383.00 (45,383.00, 61,269.00) | −1.056 | 0.291 |
CPAQ (6–9 Years) | |||||
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Variable | All | Male | Female | χ2 | p-Value |
PA Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 1.391 | 0.238 |
Met guidelines | 441 (87.5) | 224a (85.8) | 217a (89.3) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 63 (12.5) | 37a (14.2) | 26a (10.7) | ||
SB Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | - | - |
Met guidelines | 504 (100.0) | 261 (100) | 243 (100) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
Pedometer (6–9 years) | |||||
PA Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 5.562 | 0.018 * |
Met guidelines | 115 (72.8) | 67a (80.7) | 48b (64.0) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 43 (27.2) | 16a (19.3) | 27b (36.0) | ||
SB Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 6.961 | 0.008 * |
Met guidelines | 138 (87.3) | 78a (94.0) | 60b (80.0) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 20 (12.7) | 5a (6.0) | 15b (20.0) | ||
Pedometer (10–12 years) | |||||
PA Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 0.951 | 0.329 |
Met guidelines | 29 (67.4) | 19a (73.1) | 10a (58.8) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 14 (32,6) | 7a (26.9) | 7a (41.2) | ||
SB Level | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 0.993 | 0.319 |
Met guidelines | 40 (93.0) | 25a (96.2) | 15a (88.2) | ||
Did not meet guidelines | 3 (7.0) | 1a (3.8) | 2a (11.8) |
PA (CPAQ) | SB (CPAQ) | PA (YAP) | SB (YAP) | Pedometer (6–9 Years) | Pedometer (10–12 Years) | |||||||
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Variable | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value |
Age | 0.323 | <0.001 | 0.015 | 0.729 | 0.195 | 0.007 | −0.063 | 0.391 | −0.144 | 0.072 | 0.113 | 0.471 |
BMI | −0.019 | 0.671 | −0.057 | 0.199 | 0.280 | <0.001 | 0.154 | 0.034 | −0.025 | 0.759 | −0.279 | 0.070 |
HT | 0.092 | 0.039 | −0.031 | 0.490 | −0.001 | 0.991 | −0.226 | 0.002 | −0.017 | 0.830 | −0.048 | 0.760 |
WT | 0.057 | 0.203 | −0.031 | 0.494 | 0.274 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.749 | −0.034 | 0.672 | −0.376 | 0.014 |
HC | 0.039 | 0.384 | 0.047 | 0.295 | 0.348 | <0.001 | −0.003 | 0.966 | −0.080 | 0.320 | −0.498 | 0.001 |
WC | 0.014 | 0.755 | 0.067 | 0.135 | 0.201 | 0.005 | 0.015 | 0.841 | −0.021 | 0.796 | −0.275 | 0.074 |
WHR | −0.049 | 0.275 | 0.008 | 0.857 | −0.250 | 0.001 | −0.043 | 0.559 | 0.157 | 0.049 | 0.113 | 0.472 |
SES | −0.318 | <0.001 | −0.005 | 0.902 | −0.176 | 0.015 | −0.256 | <0.001 | 0.032 | 0.689 | 0.130 | 0.407 |
SBP | −0.057 | 0.213 | −0.011 | 0.820 | 0.041 | 0.589 | −0.119 | 0.116 | 0.040 | 0.634 | 0.026 | 0.872 |
DBP | −0.069 | 0.133 | −0.054 | 0.240 | −0.098 | 0.194 | −0.078 | 0.303 | −0.075 | 0.375 | 0.073 | 0.645 |
Model 1: Dependent variable: Total PA (CPAQ) (6–9 years) | |||||
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B | Std. Error | Beta | t | p-value | |
(Constant) | 787.071 | 808.770 | 0.973 | 0.331 | |
Age (years) | 455.386 | 50.360 | 0.425 | 9.043 | <0.001 * |
Height (m) | −440.126 | 736.778 | −0.028 | −0.597 | 0.551 |
SES | −201.383 | 34.356 | −0.232 | −5.862 | <0.001 * |
Model 2: Dependent variable: Total PA (YAP) (10–12 years) | |||||
(Constant) | −0.597 | 31.110 | −.019 | 0.985 | |
Age (years) | 1.638 | 0.621 | 0.183 | 2.639 | 0.009 * |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.377 | 0.265 | 0.134 | 1.424 | 0.156 |
Weight (kg) | 0.057 | 0.169 | 0.038 | 0.335 | 0.738 |
WC | 0.105 | 0.506 | 0.069 | 0.208 | 0.835 |
HC | 0.183 | 0.443 | 0.152 | 0.413 | 0.680 |
WHR | −15.728 | 34.085 | −0.105 | −0.461 | 0.645 |
SES | −1.000 | 0.251 | −0.271 | −3.988 | <0.001 * |
Model 3: Dependent variable: Total Step Count (6–9 years) | |||||
(Constant) | −1187.180 | 27,586.189 | −0.043 | 0.966 | |
WHR | 66,090.243 | 30,541.565 | 0.169 | 2.164 | 0.032 * |
Sex | −5533.410 | 2478.773 | −0.174 | −2.232 | 0.027 * |
Model 4: Dependent variable: Total Step Count (10–12 years) | |||||
(Constant) | 126,016.433 | 23,840.560 | 5.286 | <0.001 * | |
Weight (kg) | 160.107 | 651.489 | 0.047 | 0.246 | 0.807 |
HC (cm) | −1269.125 | 506.600 | −0.484 | −2.505 | 0.017 * |
Model 5: Dependent variable YAP SB Scores (10–12 years) | |||||
Constant | 20.079 | 3.878 | 5.178 | <0.001 * | |
BMI | 0.082 | 0.070 | 0.083 | 1.173 | 0.242 |
HT | −3.437 | 2.712 | −0.094 | −1.268 | 0.207 |
SES | −0.282 | 0.095 | −0.218 | −2.969 | 0.003 * |
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Ojedoyin, O.O.; Olagbegi, O.M.; Nadasan, T.; Govender, P. Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour of Primary School Learners in Lagos State, Nigeria. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10745. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710745
Ojedoyin OO, Olagbegi OM, Nadasan T, Govender P. Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour of Primary School Learners in Lagos State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(17):10745. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710745
Chicago/Turabian StyleOjedoyin, Olusegun Olatunji, Oladapo Michael Olagbegi, Thayananthee Nadasan, and Pragashnie Govender. 2022. "Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour of Primary School Learners in Lagos State, Nigeria" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17: 10745. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710745