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Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy

Background: The COVID-19 had a strong impact on the physical and general well-being of the youngest. In Italy, citizens were forced to change their habits, especially during the national lockdown, causing increased levels of sedentary and unhealthy behaviors. “Come te la passi?” was a cross-sectiona...

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Autores principales: Salussolia, Aurelia, Lenzi, Jacopo, Montalti, Marco, Rallo, Flavia, Paternò, Martina, Agosta, Marta, Resi, Davide, Stillo, Michela, Guaraldi, Federica, Gori, Davide, Dallolio, Laura, Masini, Alice
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9776682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121950
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author Salussolia, Aurelia
Lenzi, Jacopo
Montalti, Marco
Rallo, Flavia
Paternò, Martina
Agosta, Marta
Resi, Davide
Stillo, Michela
Guaraldi, Federica
Gori, Davide
Dallolio, Laura
Masini, Alice
author_facet Salussolia, Aurelia
Lenzi, Jacopo
Montalti, Marco
Rallo, Flavia
Paternò, Martina
Agosta, Marta
Resi, Davide
Stillo, Michela
Guaraldi, Federica
Gori, Davide
Dallolio, Laura
Masini, Alice
author_sort Salussolia, Aurelia
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description Background: The COVID-19 had a strong impact on the physical and general well-being of the youngest. In Italy, citizens were forced to change their habits, especially during the national lockdown, causing increased levels of sedentary and unhealthy behaviors. “Come te la passi?” was a cross-sectional study aimed at investigating changes in the physical activity levels (PA) and well-being of children and adolescents in the City of Bologna. Methods: An anonymous survey was administered to parents/guardians of children and adolescents aged 6–18 years. Results: 1134 questionnaires were collected during June 2021; 457 (40.3%) were females, and the mean age was 13.0 ± 3.4 years. Regarding the general well-being perception, 61.3% of the participants reported concerns about the future, 46.3% reported sleep difficulties, and 72.8% reported experiencing attention difficulty, with higher percentages among adolescents. Considering the PA frequency, an overall reduction was found, with the percentage of those who rarely did PA and those who frequently did PA both increasing. No gender differences were found. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the current pandemic has strongly impacted the well-being of children and adolescents. It appears to have primarily affected adolescents, with a significant reduction in PA levels, even after the end of the national lockdown.
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spelling pubmed-97766822022-12-23 Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy Salussolia, Aurelia Lenzi, Jacopo Montalti, Marco Rallo, Flavia Paternò, Martina Agosta, Marta Resi, Davide Stillo, Michela Guaraldi, Federica Gori, Davide Dallolio, Laura Masini, Alice Children (Basel) Article Background: The COVID-19 had a strong impact on the physical and general well-being of the youngest. In Italy, citizens were forced to change their habits, especially during the national lockdown, causing increased levels of sedentary and unhealthy behaviors. “Come te la passi?” was a cross-sectional study aimed at investigating changes in the physical activity levels (PA) and well-being of children and adolescents in the City of Bologna. Methods: An anonymous survey was administered to parents/guardians of children and adolescents aged 6–18 years. Results: 1134 questionnaires were collected during June 2021; 457 (40.3%) were females, and the mean age was 13.0 ± 3.4 years. Regarding the general well-being perception, 61.3% of the participants reported concerns about the future, 46.3% reported sleep difficulties, and 72.8% reported experiencing attention difficulty, with higher percentages among adolescents. Considering the PA frequency, an overall reduction was found, with the percentage of those who rarely did PA and those who frequently did PA both increasing. No gender differences were found. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the current pandemic has strongly impacted the well-being of children and adolescents. It appears to have primarily affected adolescents, with a significant reduction in PA levels, even after the end of the national lockdown. MDPI 2022-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9776682/ /pubmed/36553392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121950 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/).
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Salussolia, Aurelia
Lenzi, Jacopo
Montalti, Marco
Rallo, Flavia
Paternò, Martina
Agosta, Marta
Resi, Davide
Stillo, Michela
Guaraldi, Federica
Gori, Davide
Dallolio, Laura
Masini, Alice
Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title_full Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title_fullStr Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title_full_unstemmed Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title_short Physical Well-Being of Children and Adolescents during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Findings from the “Come te la Passi?” Cross Sectional Survey in Bologna, Italy
title_sort physical well-being of children and adolescents during the sars-cov-2 pandemic: findings from the “come te la passi?” cross sectional survey in bologna, italy
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9776682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9121950
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