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Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students

Some studies show that athlete students are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors with negative health consequences, while others suggest that they lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers. Given these inconsistent results, this study aims to compare health behaviors, depression,...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Huixuan, Zhang, Yufei, Han, Xueyan, Dai, Xiaotong, Lou, Litian, Hou, Xiao, Zhou, Chan, Liu, Zeting, Zhang, Wei
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35992447
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923667
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author Zhou, Huixuan
Zhang, Yufei
Han, Xueyan
Dai, Xiaotong
Lou, Litian
Hou, Xiao
Zhou, Chan
Liu, Zeting
Zhang, Wei
author_facet Zhou, Huixuan
Zhang, Yufei
Han, Xueyan
Dai, Xiaotong
Lou, Litian
Hou, Xiao
Zhou, Chan
Liu, Zeting
Zhang, Wei
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description Some studies show that athlete students are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors with negative health consequences, while others suggest that they lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers. Given these inconsistent results, this study aims to compare health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status between athlete and non-athlete students, and explore the associations between health behaviors and health outcomes. An online questionnaire survey including Heath Habits Scale for five health-risk behaviors and five health-promoting behaviors, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and 5-point scale for perceived health status was conducted in Beijing Sports University in March 2021. Data from 372 athlete students and 252 non-athlete students aging from 18 to 22 were included in this study. Chi-squared tests and t-tests were used to determine differences between athlete and non-athlete samples, and logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of health behaviors with depression and perceived health status. The significance level was p < 0.05. The results show that compared with non-athlete students, athlete students perform better in health habits (10.01 vs. 8.27), report lower proportion of depression (44.6% vs. 54.4%) and higher proportion of good health (77.2% vs. 55.6%). Health behaviors, such as getting adequate sleeping, participating in vigorous physical activity, overeating, and smoking, were significantly associated with health outcomes of athlete students. The findings may contribute to the better understanding of health behaviors in athlete students and warrant continued attention on mental health and health habits in this population.
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spelling pubmed-93861442022-08-19 Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students Zhou, Huixuan Zhang, Yufei Han, Xueyan Dai, Xiaotong Lou, Litian Hou, Xiao Zhou, Chan Liu, Zeting Zhang, Wei Front Psychol Psychology Some studies show that athlete students are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors with negative health consequences, while others suggest that they lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers. Given these inconsistent results, this study aims to compare health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status between athlete and non-athlete students, and explore the associations between health behaviors and health outcomes. An online questionnaire survey including Heath Habits Scale for five health-risk behaviors and five health-promoting behaviors, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and 5-point scale for perceived health status was conducted in Beijing Sports University in March 2021. Data from 372 athlete students and 252 non-athlete students aging from 18 to 22 were included in this study. Chi-squared tests and t-tests were used to determine differences between athlete and non-athlete samples, and logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of health behaviors with depression and perceived health status. The significance level was p < 0.05. The results show that compared with non-athlete students, athlete students perform better in health habits (10.01 vs. 8.27), report lower proportion of depression (44.6% vs. 54.4%) and higher proportion of good health (77.2% vs. 55.6%). Health behaviors, such as getting adequate sleeping, participating in vigorous physical activity, overeating, and smoking, were significantly associated with health outcomes of athlete students. The findings may contribute to the better understanding of health behaviors in athlete students and warrant continued attention on mental health and health habits in this population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9386144/ /pubmed/35992447 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923667 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhou, Zhang, Han, Dai, Lou, Hou, Zhou, Liu and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Zhou, Huixuan
Zhang, Yufei
Han, Xueyan
Dai, Xiaotong
Lou, Litian
Hou, Xiao
Zhou, Chan
Liu, Zeting
Zhang, Wei
Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title_full Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title_fullStr Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title_full_unstemmed Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title_short Athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: A cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
title_sort athlete students lead a healthier life than their non-athlete peers: a cross-sectional study of health behaviors, depression, and perceived health status among university students
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35992447
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923667
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