Physical exercise improves quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognition across chronic brain disorders: a transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis …

M Dauwan, MJH Begemann, MIE Slot, EHM Lee… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize evidence on the efficacy and safety of physical
exercise as an add-on therapeutic intervention for quality of life (QoL), depressive symptoms …

Exercise for depression

GM Cooney, K Dwan, CA Greig… - Cochrane database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Depression is a common and important cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Depression is commonly treated with antidepressants and/or psychological …

Effects of exercise and physical activity on depression

PC Dinas, Y Koutedakis, AD Flouris - Irish journal of medical science, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Depression is a very prevalent mental disorder affecting 340 million people
globally and is projected to become the leading cause of disability and the second leading …

Assessing quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF: a cross-sectional study on the association between quality of life and neighborhood environmental satisfaction, and …

FY Wong, L Yang, JWM Yuen, KKP Chang… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Quality of life (QOL) is an important component in assessing people's health.
Environmental quality can influence people's QOL in the physical health, psychological …

Exercise for patients with major depression: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

J Krogh, C Hjorthøj, H Speyer, C Gluud, M Nordentoft - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the benefits and harms of exercise in patients with depression. Design
Systematic review Data sources Bibliographical databases were searched until 20 June …

Physical exercise for treatment of mood disorders: a critical review

CM Hearing, WC Chang, KL Szuhany… - Current behavioral …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose of the review The purpose of this review is to critically assess the evidence for
exercise as an adjunct intervention for major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder …

Exercise and severe major depression: effect on symptom severity and quality of life at discharge in an inpatient cohort

FB Schuch, MP Vasconcelos-Moreno… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Exercise is a potential treatment for depression. However, few studies have
evaluated the role of adjunct exercise in the treatment of severely major depressed …

Exercise improves physical and psychological quality of life in people with depression: A meta-analysis including the evaluation of control group response

FB Schuch, D Vancampfort, S Rosenbaum… - Psychiatry …, 2016 - Elsevier
Exercise has established efficacy as an antidepressant in people with depression. However,
few meta-analyses have assessed the effects of exercise across different domains of Quality …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity in depressed elderly. A systematic review

G Mura, MG Carta - Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: exercise may reduce depressive symptoms both in healthy aged populations
and in old patients diagnosed with MDD, but few specific analysis were conducted on the …

Exercise as an add-on strategy for the treatment of major depressive disorder: a systematic review

G Mura, MF Moro, SB Patten, MG Carta - CNS spectrums, 2014 - cambridge.org
Antidepressants are currently the treatment of choice for major depressive disorder (MDD).
Nevertheless, a high percentage of patients do not respond to a first-line antidepressant …