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January 20, 2024Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

Moderate physical activity significantly reduced depressive symptoms (OR = 0.68; 95% CI 0.50-0.93), while low and high physical activity had no significant effect.

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Why the study?

The association between physical activity and lower depressive symptoms appears to be moderated by gender and level of physical activity, warranting assessment specifically in males across different activity levels.

Does physical activity reduce depressive symptoms in adult males?

Population

35,811 male participants aged 18 years or older across 5 studies

Comparison

Low, moderate, and high physical activity vs sedentary or no-activity reference

Design

Systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies

Authors

MBMonika Bidzan-WiącekMBMagdalena BłażekJAJędrzej Antosiewicz

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Overview

Physical activity may link to fewer depressive symptoms in males; leaves open causality and optimal levels for prospective confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does physical activity reduce depressive symptoms in adult males?

P
Population
35,811 male participants aged 18 years or older from 5 cross-sectional and cohort studies
I
Intervention
Low, moderate, and high physical activity
C
Comparator
No physical activity (sedentary reference)
O
Outcome
Depressive symptomspatient reported

Moderate physical activity is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in adult males compared to no physical activity.

Limitations

  • High heterogeneity between the studies

Cite This Study

Bidzan-Wiącek et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d22781ec2a9317b4252a2https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104145
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