PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL IN ASTHMATIC ADOLESCENTS: CROSS-SECTIONAL POPULATION-BASED STUDY.

Marco Aurélio De Valois Correia Junior,Emanuel Sávio Cavalcanti Sarinho,Andressa Araújo Soares,Emília Chagas Costa,Laienne Carla Barbosa De Barros,José Angelo Rizzo,Silvia Wanick Sarinho

doi:10.1590/1984-0462/;2019;37;2;00002

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ABSTRACTObjective: To assess the level of physical activity in asthmatics in comparison with non-asthmatics in a population study.Methods: Cross-sectional study with 13 to 14-year-old adolescents who participated in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). The subjects were classified into three groups: individuals with active asthma, individuals diagnosed with asthma, and respiratory asymptomatic individuals. To evaluate the level of physical activity, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-short version) was used. The analysis consisted of comparing individuals with active asthma, diagnosed as asthmatic and asymptomatic, with a significance level of 5%.Results: The participants were 1,591 adolescents, of which 791 (49.7%) were male. There were 222 (14.0%) individuals with active asthma and 284 (17.8%) asthma diagnoses; 55% of the population were physically active. Adolescents diagnosed with asthma were more active than their non-asthmatic peers (64.4 versus 53.3%; p=0.001).Conclusions: Adolescents diagnosed with asthma were more physically active than their non-asthmatic peers.

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A total of 1,591 adolescents participated in the study
Adolescents diagnosed with asthma were more active than their non-asthmatic peers (Table 2)
This study presents divergent results from the usual literature, as it found that adolescents aged 12 to 13 years who were diagnosed with asthma at any time in their lives had higher physical activity (PA) levels than individuals who did not report symptoms of the disease

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In assessing the benefits of PA in asthmatics, França-Pinto et al.[5] concluded that there was a significant improvement in severity, frequency of attacks, diurnal and nocturnal symptoms, and use of medications. They have shown that clinical treatment associated with physical activity improves self-management and symptomatology skills. Some studies continue to show that asthmatic children practice less PA than their peers,[6,7,8] it is not a consensus.[3,4,9] These data point to a possible behavioral differentiation between asthmatics and the general population regarding physical activity

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