From habits to harm: the effects of lifestyle, sleep, and fitness on injury risk in students using a structural equation modeling approach

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664822/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664822/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664822" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664822</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From habits to harm: the effects of lifestyle, sleep, and fitness on injury risk in students using a structural equation modeling approach

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Background University students often deal with a mix of challenges - from frequent sports and recreational injuries to habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, or consuming energy drinks, along with irregular sleep and different levels of physical activity. This study examines the links between lifestyle habits, sports participation, sleep quality, self-perceived fitness, and the likelihood of getting injured.Methods In a cross-sectional survey of 933 first-year students (mean age 20.1 +/- 2.5), participants reported lifestyle indicators (cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, energy drinks), sports activity (training volume, athlete/competitive status, sport diversity), sleep quality, self-rated fitness, and the number of injuries causing class absence. Partial least squares structural equation modeling evaluated the measurement properties and the structural paths.Results Sports activity had a strong, positive association with perceived physical fitness. The interaction of lifestyle and sports activity is negatively associated with fitness, indicating that unhealthy habits attenuate sport-related fitness gains. Lifestyle was negatively associated with sleep quality, while better sleep quality positively predicted fitness. Physical fitness did not show a significant direct association with injury counts. Poorer sleep quality was associated with a higher number of injuries.Conclusion In this large student sample, sleep quality emerged as a pivotal, modifiable protector-linked positively to fitness and negatively to injury risk-whereas sports participation improved fitness, but its benefits were undermined by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Injury prevention efforts in student populations should therefore combine promotion of healthy lifestyle choices, sleep hygiene interventions, and safe sport practices.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From habits to harm: the effects of lifestyle, sleep, and fitness on injury risk in students using a structural equation modeling approach

Popis výsledku anglicky

Background University students often deal with a mix of challenges - from frequent sports and recreational injuries to habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, or consuming energy drinks, along with irregular sleep and different levels of physical activity. This study examines the links between lifestyle habits, sports participation, sleep quality, self-perceived fitness, and the likelihood of getting injured.Methods In a cross-sectional survey of 933 first-year students (mean age 20.1 +/- 2.5), participants reported lifestyle indicators (cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, energy drinks), sports activity (training volume, athlete/competitive status, sport diversity), sleep quality, self-rated fitness, and the number of injuries causing class absence. Partial least squares structural equation modeling evaluated the measurement properties and the structural paths.Results Sports activity had a strong, positive association with perceived physical fitness. The interaction of lifestyle and sports activity is negatively associated with fitness, indicating that unhealthy habits attenuate sport-related fitness gains. Lifestyle was negatively associated with sleep quality, while better sleep quality positively predicted fitness. Physical fitness did not show a significant direct association with injury counts. Poorer sleep quality was associated with a higher number of injuries.Conclusion In this large student sample, sleep quality emerged as a pivotal, modifiable protector-linked positively to fitness and negatively to injury risk-whereas sports participation improved fitness, but its benefits were undermined by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Injury prevention efforts in student populations should therefore combine promotion of healthy lifestyle choices, sleep hygiene interventions, and safe sport practices.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSN

2296-2565

e-ISSN

2296-2565

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2025

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001628374000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105023799976