Objective <p>To explore the association between sport activities and depression/anxiety symptoms among young people in disadvantaged urban areas of South America.</p> Results <p>Out of a total of 2375 participants, 1131 (47.1%) had engaged in sports in the previous month. Sports activities, particularly those performed with others, were associated with lower anxiety and depression. There was a trend for this association to be stronger in male than in female participants.</p>

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Sports activities and mental distress in young people in deprived urban areas in South America: a cross-sectional analysis

  • Sofia Madero,
  • Luis Ignacio Brusco,
  • Francisco Diez-Canseco,
  • Carlos Gómez-Restrepo,
  • Natividad Olivar,
  • Pablo Ezequiel Flores-Kanter,
  • Sumiko Flores,
  • Ana L. Vilela-Estrada,
  • Ángela Flórez-Varela,
  • M. Esteban Uribe Pinto,
  • Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar,
  • Catherine Fung,
  • Stefan Priebe

摘要

Objective

To explore the association between sport activities and depression/anxiety symptoms among young people in disadvantaged urban areas of South America.

Results

Out of a total of 2375 participants, 1131 (47.1%) had engaged in sports in the previous month. Sports activities, particularly those performed with others, were associated with lower anxiety and depression. There was a trend for this association to be stronger in male than in female participants.