Adolescents physical activity and health-related quality of life

Introduction: Adolescence is an essential stage in human development, during which psychological and social changes take place and new life habits are acquired that determine the state of health. Physical activity is one of the most important health-determining habits. Nevertheless, the World Health Organization says 3 and 4 teens do not meet the minimum physical activity guidelines. Methods: The study aims to elucidate the links between physical activity and health-related quality of life. In order to assess the physical activity of children, a simple and inexpensive method used by others was chosen by the researcher as a questionnaire “International Physical Activity Questionnaire Abbreviated Lithuanian Version” (). The abbreviated version was chosen when it was decided not to burden the students. The study also found a health-related quality of life, SF-36. Results: 134 (57.3) students are sufficiently physically active. 100 (42.7) students are physically inactive. 133 (56.8%) students sit for more than 5 hours a day. 101 (43.2%) students sit for less than 5 hours a day. The results are presented in the third table. A weak positive correlation of 0.272 was found between the physical activity groups and area 4: overall health assessment. The correlation found was statistically significant (p