TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical Activity, Sedentary Pursuits, and their Determinants in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
AU - Sung, Ming Chih
AU - Tsai, Chia Liang
AU - Chen, Fu Chen
AU - Chen, Chih Chia
AU - Chu, Chia Hua
AU - Pan, Chien Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), grant number 106-2410-H-017-022-MY3.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting physical activity (PA) and sedentary pursuits of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) throughout the week, during weekdays, and on weekend days. Sixty-eight children with ASD aged 6–17 years participated in this study. An ActiGraph accelerometer and activity log were used to assess PA and sedentary pursuits. The findings were (a) 6-8-year-old children with ASD demonstrating the highest level of overall PA throughout the week; (b) the weekends’ PA of the group of 6-8-year-old children with ASD was significantly higher than 9-11-year-old, 12-14-year-old, and 15-17-year-old children with ASD; (c) the single-parented children with ASD showed significantly less PA level during weekend days compared with two-parented children with ASD; (d) the children with ASD having comorbidities demonstrated significantly more time in sedentary pursuits compared to those children without comorbidities; (e) age, household structure, and comorbidities were significant predictors in the overall PA, weekend PA, and weekend sedentary pursuits, respectively. Future programs or interventions are required to promote PA participation in children with ASD, especially for older children with ASD, based on their personal (i.e., age and comorbidities) and environmental (i.e., household structure) profile and day of the week.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting physical activity (PA) and sedentary pursuits of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) throughout the week, during weekdays, and on weekend days. Sixty-eight children with ASD aged 6–17 years participated in this study. An ActiGraph accelerometer and activity log were used to assess PA and sedentary pursuits. The findings were (a) 6-8-year-old children with ASD demonstrating the highest level of overall PA throughout the week; (b) the weekends’ PA of the group of 6-8-year-old children with ASD was significantly higher than 9-11-year-old, 12-14-year-old, and 15-17-year-old children with ASD; (c) the single-parented children with ASD showed significantly less PA level during weekend days compared with two-parented children with ASD; (d) the children with ASD having comorbidities demonstrated significantly more time in sedentary pursuits compared to those children without comorbidities; (e) age, household structure, and comorbidities were significant predictors in the overall PA, weekend PA, and weekend sedentary pursuits, respectively. Future programs or interventions are required to promote PA participation in children with ASD, especially for older children with ASD, based on their personal (i.e., age and comorbidities) and environmental (i.e., household structure) profile and day of the week.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10882-022-09874-5
DO - 10.1007/s10882-022-09874-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139560898
SN - 0892-7561
JO - Journal of the Multihandicapped Person
JF - Journal of the Multihandicapped Person
ER -