Key result
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with better motor performance and cardiorespiratory fitness in pediatric critical CHD.
Why the study?
To depict objectively measured physical activity, motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, sports participation, and parental perceptions in children with critical congenital heart disease, and explore their associations.
Are motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, and parental perceptions associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children with critical congenital heart disease?
Cohort (n=62)
Are motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, and parental perceptions associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children with critical congenital heart disease?
Effect estimate: rs = 0.359 for motor performance
Motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, and parental perception of vulnerability are significantly associated with physical activity levels in children with critical congenital heart disease.
MVPA associations with motor performance and CRF in children with CCHD may inform counseling; leaves open causality and intervention effects.
To depict objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), motor performance (MP), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), organized sports participation, parental perceptions of vulnerability and parenting style in children with a Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD), and to explore whether these factors are associated with MVPA. A prospective observational cohort study in 62 7–10 years old children with a CCHD. On average, children with CCHD spent 64 min on MVPA per day (accelerometry), 61 % met the international WHO physical activity guideline. Only 12 % had >60 min of MVPA daily. Eighteen percent had a motor delay (movement-assessment-battery-for children-II) and 38 % showed a below average CRF (cardiopulmonary exercise test using the Godfrey ramp protocol). Seventy-seven percent participated in organized sports activities at least once a week. Twenty-one percent of the parents are classified as overprotective (parent protection scale) and 7.3 % consider their child as being vulnerable (child vulnerability scale). A significant positive association was found between MVPA and MP (rs = 0.359), CRF(V̇O2peak/ml/kg: rs = 0.472 and Wpeak/kg: rs = 0.396) and sports participation (rs = 0.286). Children who were perceived as vulnerable by their parents showed a significantly lower MVPA (rs = −0.302). No significant associations were found between mean MVPA and parental overprotection. Even though the majority of school aged children with a CCHD is sufficiently active, counseling parents regarding the importance of sufficient MVPA and sports participation, especially in parents who consider their child being vulnerable, could be useful. Since motor delays can be detected at an early age, motor development could be an important target to improve exercise capacity and sports participation to prevent inactivity in children with a CCHD.
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Sprong et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) (n=62). Motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, sports participation, and parental perceptions was evaluated on Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (rs = 0.359 for motor performance). In children with critical congenital heart disease, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was significantly positively associated with motor performance (rs=0.359) and cardiorespiratory fitness.
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