The discovery of a data-driven causal diagram of sport participation in children and adolescents with heart disease: a pilot study
dc.contributor.author | Gąsior, JS | |
dc.contributor.author | Młyńczak, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, CA | |
dc.contributor.author | Popłonyk, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Kowalska, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Giezek, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Werner, B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-24T12:56:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-11-21 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-11-24T10:00:27Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The interventions aimed at improving the levels of physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents diagnosed with heart disease did not produce the expected outcomes. Safe participation in sport activities proposed based on actual recommendations could be a solution to promote PA in this population. The aims of this study were to discover a causal diagram of sport participation in children and youth with heart disease and establish the factors that affect and are affected thereof through the use of questionnaires. Furthermore, the study aims to qualitatively assess the reliability of the constructed diagram in comparison with existing medical knowledge. The Greedy Fast Causal Inference method was employed to conduct a data-driven search of the directed acyclic graph that represents the causal relationships within the provided observational data. This causal discovery was performed using the Tetrad software. The analysis involved a cohort of 121 Caucasian patients (50 females) diagnosed with heart disease. The age range of the patients included in the study was 8–17 years. The study findings indicate that the participants engaged in sports presented significantly higher values of health-related quality of life (QoL) and motives for participating in physical and leisure activities. Age appears to be a cause of sport participation. Sport participation appears to be a cause of participation in physical education classes, which in turn appears to be a cause of higher enjoyment. Higher enjoyment appears to be a cause of other motives for participating in physical and leisure activities, as well as a higher score in terms of physical health. The causal diagram provided a graphical representation of the causal relationship between sport participation and better QoL with potential confounders for children and adolescents with heart disease that nearly coincided with the existing literature. Clinical trials should be designed to validate clinical utility of the presented causal diagram. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Department of Pediatric Cardiology and General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 10, article 1247122. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1247122 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 10/Z/GW/N/2 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/134631 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-1740-6248 (Williams, Craig A) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 57201609242 (Williams, Craig A) | |
dc.identifier | ResearcherID: AAQ-8954-2020 (Williams, Craig A) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 Gąsior, Młyńczak, Williams, Popłonyk, Kowalska, Giezek and Werner. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | en_GB |
dc.subject | causal diagram | en_GB |
dc.subject | sport | en_GB |
dc.subject | children | en_GB |
dc.subject | adolescents | en_GB |
dc.subject | heart disease | en_GB |
dc.subject | heart defects | en_GB |
dc.subject | pediatric patients | en_GB |
dc.title | The discovery of a data-driven causal diagram of sport participation in children and adolescents with heart disease: a pilot study | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-24T12:56:20Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement; The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2297-055X | |
dc.identifier.journal | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-11-06 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-11-24T12:55:08Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-11-24T12:56:24Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-11-21 |
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