Maas, K.P. (2017) Socioeconomic Status as predictor of Physical Fitness and Gross Motor Competence in Dutch primary school children. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Background Children with a low socioeconomic status (SES) encounter with health and environmental disadvantages compared to children with a high SES, this might result in lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and gross motor competence (MC). Inconsistent findings are revealed about this association, but further investigation is of great importance from a public health perspective, in order to identify levels of CRF and gross MC of a target population for primary prevention. Besides, it can be hypothesised that level of CRF and gross MC might be associated with children’s time spent in organised sports. Objectives The main aim of this study was to examine the association between SES and CRF and gross MC in Dutch primary school children. The second aim was to examine to what extent the association between SES and CRF or gross MC was moderated by time spent in organised sports. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 109 participants (8.9 years (± 0.64)) were classified, based on highest educational level of both parents, in high and low SES groups. CRF was measured by the 20m Shuttle Run test. To assess three sub domains of gross MC (locomotor skills, object control skills, and balance), subtests of the Körperkoordinationtest für Kinder (KTK) and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, second edition (BOT-2) were used. Results Regression analyses showed no significant associations between SES and CRF and gross MC. As a result, the hypothesised moderating effect of time spent in organised sports on the association of SES with CRF and gross MC could not be further examined. Nevertheless, significant notable findings were found for CRF and gross MC on gender, age, and BMI. Conclusion The present study showed no significant associations between SES and level of CRF and gross MC in eight until ten years old Dutch primary school children. Nevertheless this study extends evidence that age, gender, and BMI are important predictors of CRF and gross MC. Further studies are recommended to explore other factors or a combination of factors to predict level of CRF together with gross MC in children. And to examine the association between CRF and gross MC in children, taking time spent in organised sports into account. Keywords: Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cross-sectional; Gross Motor Componence; Organised Sports; Physical Fitness; Primary School Children; Socioeconomic Status.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Hartman, dr. E. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 08:26 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3252 |
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