Active Participation in 2-Year-Old Children: School Time versus Out-of-School Time

Torres-Luque, Gema; Díaz-Quesada, Gema; Padial Ruz, Rosario; Ortega-Toro, Enrique

doi:10.22456/1982-8918.144303

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Active Participation in 2-Year-Old Children: School Time versus Out-of-School Time

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the active participation of 2-year-old children during different times of the day to evaluate the influence of the school schedule. A total of 73 children aged 2 years (2.13±0.48) participated in the study. They wore an “Actigraph GT3X” accelerometer for seven consecutive days of a school week, recording minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (min/day and percentage) and the number of MVPA bouts (2, 5, and 10 minutes) at different times (School Time vs. Out-of-School Time; Weekdays vs. Weekends). The results indicate that approximately 50% of the daily MVPA recommendations for this age group were met. A higher number of MVPA bouts occurred during School Time compared to Out-of-School Time, as well as on weekdays compared to weekends. The school setting emerges as an ideal context to develop intervention strategies that promote greater active participation.

Keywords
Accelerometry; Physical activity level; Early childhood; Schoolchildren

Variable	School Time	Out-of-School Time	p	error %	Bayesian Factor	δ
MVPA CR 60 min/day (%)	53.19 ± 17.58	23.68 ± 8.13	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀=2.227 x 10¹⁷	1.892
MVPA CR 120 min/day (%)	26.59 ± 8.79	11.84 ± 4.07	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀=2.227 x 10¹⁷	1.884
MVPA 2 min bouts (numbers)	25.43 ± 16.85	10.59 ± 8.62	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀=1.170 x 10⁰⁷	0.954
MVPA 2 min bouts (time)	59.7 ± 41.63	25.80 ± 21.41	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀= 777001.779	0.850
MVPA 5 min bouts (numbers)	2.84 ± 3.79	1.52 ± 1.84	0.012	0.01	BF₁₀= 3.127	0.334
MVPA 5 min bouts (time)	16.06 ± 22.18	8.79 ± 10.45	0.019	0.01	BF₁₀= 2.111	0.306
MVPA 10 min bouts (numbers)	0.05 ± 0.30	0.02 ± 0.13	0.419	0.07	BF₀₁=5.002	0.105
MVPA 10 min bouts (time)	0.69 ± 3.99	0.27 ± 2.03	0.486	0.07	BF₀₁=5.426	0.089

Variable	Monday-Friday	Saturday-Sunday	p	error %	Bayesian Factor	δ
MVPA CR 60 min/day (%)	113.29 ± 34.99	113.21 ± 43.38	0.986	0.09	BF₀₁=7.297	0.001
MVPA CR 120 min/day (%)	56.64 ± 17.49	56.61 ± 21.69	0.986	0.09	BF₀₁=7.297	0.002
MVPA 2 min bouts (numbers)	52.61 ± 29.95	21.48 ± 15.3	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀=1.163 x 10¹³	1.318
MVPA 2 min bouts (time)	127.16 ± 75.13	53.29 ± 38.66	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀= 8.533 x 10¹¹	1.233
MVPA 5 min bouts (numbers)	6.52 ± 6.95	3.22 ± 3.61	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀= 1530.642	0.573
MVPA 5 min bouts (time)	38.53 ± 43.95	19.04 ± 21.37	<0.001	0.00	BF₁₀= 420.277	0.525
MVPA 10 min bouts (numbers)	0.38 ± 1.09	0.14 ± 0.35	0.083	0.03	BF₀₁=1.706	0.206
MVPA 10 min bouts (time)	4.48 ± 13.02	1.66 ± 4.19	0.087	0.03	BF₀₁=1.761	0.206

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[1] MVPA: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; CR: Compliance with recommendations; min: minutes

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