title: Leisure activities in Prader-Wili syndrome: implications for health, cognition and adaptive functioning.
abstract: Although hyperphagia and compulsivity in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are well described, recreation and adaptive skills are relatively unexplored. Parents of 123 participants with PWS (4-48 years) completed measures of their child's adaptive, recreation, and problem behaviors. Offspring received cognitive testing. Watching TV was the most frequent recreational activity, and was associated with compulsivity and skin picking. BMIs were negatively correlated with physical play, and highest in those who watched TV and played computer games. Computer games and physical activities were associated with higher IQ and adaptive scores. People with PWS and other disabilities need to watch less TV and be more engaged in physical activities, games, and leisure pursuits that are fun, and may bring cognitive or adaptive advantages.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology and Human Development, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Peabody Box 40, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA, Elisabeth.dykens@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Elisabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dykens
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003192:Compulsive Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult