Sports as a pathway to wellness: sports and health-related quality of life among adolescents in Germany (a cross-sectional analysis from GeWIT Study)
This is the first study to investigate the association between sports participation and HRQoL among adolescents in Witten, Germany. Engagement in sports was positively associated with physical well-being. Participations in individual and team sports outside school could be valuable for adolescents to improve physical activity.
Authors
- Anne-Lisa Heye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0187-8283)
- Michaela Maas
- Oxana Klassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0239-3770)
- Paul Wiesheu
- Klaus Weckbecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-1771)
- Eva Münster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-7322)
- Nessia Rachma Dianti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2873-1149)
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25902-3
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00