The importance of health behaviours in childhood for the development of internalizing disorders during adolescence

Wu, Xiuyun; Kirk, Sara F. L.; Öhinmaa, Arto; Veugelers, Paul J.

doi:10.1186/s40359-017-0208-x

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“…Further, it is also acknowledged that the findings are limited to only examining physician-diagnosed ID services, and did not examine externalizing disorders. This was primarily due to the scope of the study, complexity in ICD 9/10 codes, and to be consistent with previous research studies that linked CLASS with physician-diagnosed ID services using administrative health-care records (Wu et al 2017;McMartin et al 2012). As research suggests that externalizing disorders are also more apparent in children who are involved in bullying, specifically bullies (Kelly et al 2015) and bully-victims (Sigurdson et al 2015), future research should focus on examining this long-term relationship as well.…”

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The relationship between bullying behaviours in childhood and physician-diagnosed internalizing disorders

Kontak

Kirk

Robinson

et al. 2019

Can J Public Health

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Objective Bullying and its potential consequence for poor mental health constitutes a public health concern, yet there is a dearth of longitudinal studies examining the topic. This study examines the temporal relationship between childhood bullying behaviours (being a victim, being a bully, or being a bully and a victim) and physician-diagnosed internalizing disorders over a 7-year timespan. Methods Data from the 2003 Children's Lifestyle and School performance Study (CLASS), a population-based health survey of grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada were linked to administrative health-care records to examine the relationship between bullying behaviours and services where a physician diagnosis of an internalizing disorder (ID) was received. Negative binomial regression analyses were conducted to examine this relationship. Results Of the 4694 participants, 33.3% reported being involved in some form of bullying behaviour and 24.1% had a service where a physician diagnosis of ID was given over a 7-year timespan. Compared with children who reported not being involved in bullying behaviours, children who reported being a victim of bullying had a higher rate of subsequent physician-diagnosed ID services (IRR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.70). Children who reported being a bully had a lower rate of ID services (IRR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.46, 0.99), while there was no difference for those who reported between being a bully and a victim (bully-victim) with respect to ID services. Conclusion Bullying behaviours should be considered a serious public health issue due to their high prevalence in school environments and detrimental effects on the mental health of adolescents.

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“…More detail on the methodology and procedures has been published elsewhere (Veugelers and Fitzgerald 2005;Wu et al 2017).…”

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The relationship between bullying behaviours in childhood and physician-diagnosed internalizing disorders

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Robinson

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“…For that, a t-test was performed to compare all HRV indices used in this study and confirmed a significant difference for α2, in which group 1 presented a smaller α2 value (mean±standard deviation, 0.78±0.15) compared with group 2 (0.87±0. 16). No significant differences were found for the time or frequency domains.…”

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Fractal correlations and linear analyses of heart rate variability in healthy young people with different levels of physical activity

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Changes in cardiac autonomic regulation, expressed by increased sympathetic activity and decreased heart rate variability, have an important relationship with the onset of lethal cardiac phenomena. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the cardiac autonomic behaviour in young people according to their level of physical activity. Through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, 55 healthy young non-smokers with no history of previous diseases and whose parents did not suffer from metabolic syndrome were assessed and divided into groups: sedentary (n=12), insufficiently active (n=16), active (n=14), and very active (n=13). We collected respiratory rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure at rest, and body mass index. Subjects remained supine at rest, and without mental stress for 15 minutes in a controlled environment. Using a cardiofrequency meter (Polar® RS800CX), data were analysed in the time domain, frequency domain, and detrended fluctuation analysis. For the sedentary group, the mean RR and rMSSD were significantly lower, and the insufficiently active group showed higher means, but significantly only for rMSSD. The insufficiently active group showed in the detrended fluctuation analysis that α2 was significantly lower compared with the sedentary, active, and very active groups. We conclude that young, healthy, sedentary individuals present an increased heart rate and that insufficiently active individuals present a decreased fractal correlation and increased parasympathetic activity.

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“…Thus, addressing the rising prevalence of childhood obesity is a health priority [1], particularly considering the government aim of halving childhood obesity by 2030 [2]. Childhood obesity can have severe implications on a child's physical and mental health [3], which can continue into adulthood [1,4]. For example, prediabetes, high blood pressure [5], and depression [6].…”

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“…For example, prediabetes, high blood pressure [5], and depression [6]. Adopting healthy behaviours in the early years of a child's life ensures good development and growth [4]. Recently, the importance of obesity prevention during childhood has been highlighted as an effective strategy to avoid excess weight gain in later life [1,7], particularly as obesity is di cult to reverse once established [8][9][10].…”

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Cluster randomised controlled feasibility study of HENRY: a community-based intervention aimed at reducing obesity rates in preschool children

Bryant

Collinson

Burton

et al. 2020

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BackgroundCommunity based obesity prevention interventions are often commissioned despite the limited evidence base. HENRY (Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really Young) is a programme delivered to parents of preschool children across the UK. Early evidence suggests that it may be effective, but a robust evaluation has not been conducted. We initiated a systematic evaluation of HENRY by studying the feasibility of conducting a multi-centre definitive trial to evaluate its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness to prevent obesity. Objectives were to: assess the feasibility of recruiting local authorities, centres and parents; test processes and time required to train and certify intervention staff; explore HENRY commissioning processes; identify potential sources (and associated impact) of contamination; and consider the feasibility of trial procedures.MethodsWe conducted a multi-centre, open labelled, two group, prospective, cluster randomised, controlled, feasibility study, with embedded process evaluation and pre-defined criteria for progression to definitive trial. We sought to recruit 120 parents from 12 children’s centres, across two UK local authority (government) areas. Within each local authority, we planned to randomise three centres to HENRY and three to ‘standard care’ control. Our plan was to collect data in family homes at baseline and 12 months, including parent and child height and weight, and parent-reported questionnaires on self-efficacy, feeding, eating habits, quality of life and resource use. Contamination, implementation and study acceptability were explored using parent interviews.ResultsWe recruited two local authorities and 12 children’s centres within eight months. 117 parents were recruited (average 3.9 parents per programme) and follow-up data were collected from 85% of participants. Process data from 20 parents and 24 members of staff indicate that both would benefit from more detail about their involvement as participants, but that methods were acceptable. Contamination was likely, though the impact of this on behaviour was unclear.ConclusionOur findings indicate that a cluster RCT of HENRY to assess its effect on childhood obesity prevention is feasible. This study has allowed us to design a pragmatic definitive trial with minimal bias, taking account of lessons learnt from conducting evaluation research in public health settings.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03333733 registered 6th November 2017

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The importance of health behaviours in childhood for the development of internalizing disorders during adolescence

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

The relationship between bullying behaviours in childhood and physician-diagnosed internalizing disorders

The relationship between bullying behaviours in childhood and physician-diagnosed internalizing disorders

Fractal correlations and linear analyses of heart rate variability in healthy young people with different levels of physical activity

Cluster randomised controlled feasibility study of HENRY: a community-based intervention aimed at reducing obesity rates in preschool children

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