Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano (Feb 2023)

Sports participation among Brazilian adolescents and children: systematic review

  • Fernando Borges Pereira,
  • Caroline Beatriz Santos Oliveira,
  • João Vitor Gonçalves Marques,
  • Marcos Filipe Bueno Langkamer,
  • Matheus Ivan Marques Ferreira,
  • Silvana Carolina Fusrtenau,
  • Leyla Regis de Meneses Sousa Carvalho,
  • Gislane Ferreira de Melo,
  • Elisa Pinheiro Ferrari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2022v24e86739
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1

Abstract

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The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of sports participation in Brazilian children and adolescents through a systematic literature review. A search was carried out in the following electronic databases: MEDLINE, WEB OF SCIENCE, BIREME, SCIELO, and SCOPUS for manuscripts published until 2020, combining the keywords: “children”, “adolescents”, “prevalence”, and “sports participation”, in Portuguese and English. Twenty-six articles published between 2003 and 2020 were included in the review, with the aim of estimating the prevalence of participation in organized sports in Brazilian children and adolescents. Considering the regions where the studies were carried out, the majority were developed in the south (57.7%; n=15), followed by the southeast (19.2%; n=05), and northeast (15.4%; n=04), in addition to 7.7% (n=02) in all regions of the country. The data showed prevalence of sports participation ranging from 15.0% to 73.2% (mean of 44.8%) among children and adolescents, being higher in males (63.1%). From the results found, the need to develop public policies is evident, in order to favor adherence and maintenance of young people to sports practice, especially among those of the female sex.

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