Open AccessP67 ‐ Mothers restrict physical activity for children and teens asthmatics
Author(s) -
Correia Junior Marco,
Assis Fabianne,
Medeiros Décio,
Rizzo José Angelo,
Sarinho Silvia,
Sarinho Emanuel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-4-s1-p122
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , anxiety , odds ratio , depression (economics) , physical activity , confidence interval , odds , bronchospasm , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychiatry , logistic regression , economics , macroeconomics
Results Almost all the mothers reported that PA are important for children and adolescents. Despite this, 37% (43/115) of them admitted that they imposed restrictions to their children PA. This attitude was associated with asthma severity and to maternal factors such as dyspnea perception after treadmill running, negative opinions about PA in asthmatics and anxiety. Despite this, their children were not less active than those from non restrictive mothers (odds ratio, 0.89; 95% confidence interval, 0.41–1.95). Conclusions A considerable proportion of mothers report to impose limitations on their children PA. Parental and caregiver beliefs and fears should be discussed about in order to avoid conflicts and negative attitudes that could discourage their children taking part in physical activities and sports.