@misc{10481/80926,
year = {2023},
month = {2},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80926},
abstract = {Objective: To examine the associations of self-perceived
and objectively-measured
physical fitness with psychological well-being
and distress indicators
in young pediatric cancer survivors.
Materials and Methods: A total of 116 participants (12.1 ± 3.3 years, 56.9% boys)
from the iBoneFIT project participated in this cross-sectional
study. Objectively-measured
physical fitness (muscular fitness) was obtained by handgrip strength
and standing long jump tests for the upper and lower body, respectively. Self-perceived
physical fitness was obtained by the International Fitness Scale (IFIS).
Positive and negative affect were assessed by the positive affect schedule for children
(PANAS-C),
happiness by Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), optimism by
Life Orientation Test-Revised
(LOT-R),
self-esteem
by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem
Scale (RSE), anxiety by State–Trait
Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC-R),
and depression by Children Depression Inventory (CDI). Multiple linear regressions
adjusted by key covariates were performed to analyze associations.
Results: No associations were found between objectively-measured
muscular fitness
and any of the psychological well-being
and distress indicators (p > 0.05).
Self-perceived
overall fitness and flexibility were positively associated with positive
affect (β ≥ 0.258, p < 0.05). Self-perceived
cardiorespiratory fitness, speed/ agility, and flexibility were negatively associated with depression (β ≥ −0.222,
p < 0.05). Finally, self-perceived
cardiorespiratory fitness was also negatively associated
with anxiety and negative affect (β ≥ −0.264, p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Perceived physical fitness, but not objectively physical fitness, seems
to be inversely related to psychological distress variables and to less extent positively
related to psychological well-being.
The findings from this study highlight the importance
of promoting self-perceived
fitness in the pediatric oncology population.},
organization = {Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN)
Spanish Government	PID2020-117302RA-I00},
organization = {La Caixa Foundation	LCF/BQ/PR19/11700007},
organization = {European Union's Horizon 2020 research and inno-vation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie	101028929},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {IFIS and pediatric cancer survivors},
keywords = {Physical fitness},
keywords = {Psychological health},
title = {Is higher physical fitness associated with better psychological health in young pediatric cancer survivors? A cross-sectional study from the iBoneFIT project},
doi = {10.1111/sms.14345},
author = {Rodríguez Solana, Andrea and Gracia Marco, Luis Andrés and Cadenas Sánchez, Cristina and Mármol Pérez, Andrés and Gil Cosano, José Juan and Ubago Guisado, Esther},
}