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Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children
Introduction: Healthy lifestyle habits formed in childhood provide the foundation for a healthy adult life; therefore, it is important to encourage healthy habits and to correct poor habits from an early age. Aim: In this study, we aim to evaluate the influence of educational intervention in order t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050864 |
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author | Menor-Rodríguez, María José Rodríguez-Blanque, Raquel Montiel-Troya, María Cortés-Martín, Jonathan Aguilar-Cordero, María José Sánchez-García, Juan Carlos |
author_facet | Menor-Rodríguez, María José Rodríguez-Blanque, Raquel Montiel-Troya, María Cortés-Martín, Jonathan Aguilar-Cordero, María José Sánchez-García, Juan Carlos |
author_sort | Menor-Rodríguez, María José |
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description | Introduction: Healthy lifestyle habits formed in childhood provide the foundation for a healthy adult life; therefore, it is important to encourage healthy habits and to correct poor habits from an early age. Aim: In this study, we aim to evaluate the influence of educational intervention in order to modify postural hygiene habits in school-age children. Materials and methods: We randomly selected three public primary education schools in the Galician provinces of Orense and Pontevedra based on stratified multistage sampling. A sample of 479 students was obtained, representing 2% of all 6- to 12-year-old children registered during the 2015/2016 academic year in those provinces. Results: Following the intervention, the students’ postural hygiene improved. We found statistically significant differences regarding a reduction in the number of hours spent watching television (0.531 h/day); the way school books and supplies were carried, with an increase in the use of backpacks with wheels (from 58.5% to 64.1%); and an improvement in postural hygiene when watching television, with an increase from 63.7% to 80.8% of those surveyed opting to watch television whilst seated on a chair instead of lying down. Conclusions: Educational intervention by inculcating healthy postural hygiene habits in children at an early age can improve and correct unhealthy behaviours. |
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spelling | pubmed-91406072022-05-28 Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children Menor-Rodríguez, María José Rodríguez-Blanque, Raquel Montiel-Troya, María Cortés-Martín, Jonathan Aguilar-Cordero, María José Sánchez-García, Juan Carlos Healthcare (Basel) Article Introduction: Healthy lifestyle habits formed in childhood provide the foundation for a healthy adult life; therefore, it is important to encourage healthy habits and to correct poor habits from an early age. Aim: In this study, we aim to evaluate the influence of educational intervention in order to modify postural hygiene habits in school-age children. Materials and methods: We randomly selected three public primary education schools in the Galician provinces of Orense and Pontevedra based on stratified multistage sampling. A sample of 479 students was obtained, representing 2% of all 6- to 12-year-old children registered during the 2015/2016 academic year in those provinces. Results: Following the intervention, the students’ postural hygiene improved. We found statistically significant differences regarding a reduction in the number of hours spent watching television (0.531 h/day); the way school books and supplies were carried, with an increase in the use of backpacks with wheels (from 58.5% to 64.1%); and an improvement in postural hygiene when watching television, with an increase from 63.7% to 80.8% of those surveyed opting to watch television whilst seated on a chair instead of lying down. Conclusions: Educational intervention by inculcating healthy postural hygiene habits in children at an early age can improve and correct unhealthy behaviours. MDPI 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9140607/ /pubmed/35628000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050864 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Menor-Rodríguez, María José Rodríguez-Blanque, Raquel Montiel-Troya, María Cortés-Martín, Jonathan Aguilar-Cordero, María José Sánchez-García, Juan Carlos Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title | Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title_full | Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title_fullStr | Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title_short | Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children |
title_sort | educational intervention in the postural hygiene of school-age children |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050864 |
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