چکیده
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Objective: Mental health is one of the evaluating factors of community
indicators, and physical activity is considered an important tool for the
importance of public health. Previous studies have demonstrated
associations between physical activity and mental health, but these
studies did not include those populations in which training children have
some traditional and religious aspects.
Methods: Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to compare the
prevalence of mental health among those who had inactive, minimally and
HEPA activity in a representative sample of adolescents aged 15-19 in
South of Iran using data from the Mental Health Survey (n = 2584). The
GHQ-28 and IPAQ-short forms were used to evaluate the mental health
and physical activity, respectively .
Results: A total of 2584 adolescents (1401 male and 1178 female)
participated in the study. The observed odds of psychological symptoms
in boys compared to girls is 1.2 times (p=0.018). We observed that HEPAactivity
decreases odds of somatic distress and social dysfunction
compared with inactivity (p=0.031 and 0.001, respectively); minimally
activity decreases odds of anxiety compared with inactivity (p=0.038); but
physical activity rate was not affected on odds of adolescents' depression
(p>0.05).
Conclusion: Physical activity decreases mental health subscales except for depression among adolescents in Boushehr, southern city of Iran.
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