Rahimiderazi Zahra, Bagherzadeh Razieh, Ravanipour Maryam
Student Research Committee, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Rishehr Street, P.O.Box: 7518759577, Bushehr, Iran.
Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 6;15(1):7837. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-92558-9.
Despite the importance of basic motor skills in preschool and elementary school children for developing specialized skills in adulthood, the factors influencing motor proficiency have not yet been fully identified, and there are contradictory findings regarding the influencing factors. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between physical activity and sleep habits with motor proficiency among school aged children in Iran. In this descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study, 403 school-aged children living in Bushehr were selected using cluster random sampling method. Data collection tools included demographic form, physical activity questionnaire for older children, children's sleep habits questionnaire, anthropometric measurements and short-form Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0, descriptive statistics and analytical tests (simple and multiple univariate regression). The significance level was considered less than 0.05 in all cases. The mean age of the children participating in the study was 9.65 ± 1.72 years. Approximately half of the children (46.5%) were classified as overweight and obese. The simple regression analysis showed a significant statistical correlation between motor proficiency and child's age, parent's age, number of siblings, BMI and physical activity (P < 0.05). The multiple regression analysis results indicated a significant correlation between motor proficiency and child's age (β = 0.462, P < 0.001), gender (β = 0.145, P = 0.001) and BMI (β = - 0.157, P < 0.001). Children with a higher BMI, younger age and female gender exhibited a lower level of motor proficiency. The obtained findings are of particular importance for raising awareness of school officials and health policymakers about various aspects of health such as growth and motor development, and developing necessary strategies to enhance girls' motor development and prevent obesity.
尽管学前和小学儿童的基本运动技能对成年后发展专业技能很重要，但影响运动能力的因素尚未完全明确，而且关于影响因素的研究结果相互矛盾。因此，本研究旨在调查伊朗学龄儿童的身体活动和睡眠习惯与运动能力之间的关系。在这项描述性和分析性横断面研究中，采用整群随机抽样方法选取了403名居住在布什尔的学龄儿童。数据收集工具包括人口统计学表格、针对大龄儿童的身体活动问卷、儿童睡眠习惯问卷、人体测量以及布鲁宁克斯-奥西瑞斯基运动能力简短测试。使用SPSS 19.0对数据进行分析，包括描述性统计和分析测试（简单和多元单变量回归）。所有情况下显著性水平均设定为小于0.05。参与研究的儿童平均年龄为9.65±1.72岁。大约一半的儿童（46.5%）被归类为超重和肥胖。简单回归分析表明，运动能力与儿童年龄、父母年龄、兄弟姐妹数量、BMI和身体活动之间存在显著的统计学相关性（P<0.05）。多元回归分析结果显示，运动能力与儿童年龄（β=0.462，P<0.001）、性别（β=0.145，P=0.001）和BMI（β=-0.157，P<0.001）之间存在显著相关性。BMI较高、年龄较小的女童运动能力水平较低。所得研究结果对于提高学校官员和卫生政策制定者对健康各个方面（如生长和运动发育）的认识，以及制定必要策略以促进女童运动发育和预防肥胖具有特别重要的意义。
