总体和特定时间的体力活动是否与老年人的抑郁症有关?
Jiaren Chen1, Ting-Fu Lai2, Li-Jung Lin1
1Graduate Institute of Sport, Leisure and Hospitality Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Frontiers in public health
|October 9, 2023
概括
一整天从事中等到剧烈的体力活动 (MVPA) 与老年人抑郁症症状的减少有关. 轻度体力活动 (LPA) 和特定时间的运动没有与抑郁症有显著的关联.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 行为医学是一种行为医学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 循环节律会影响对刺激的反应,但老年人身体活动时间和抑郁症之间的关系尚不清楚.
- 抑郁症是人口老龄化的一个重大问题,需要对预防性生活方式因素进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年台湾成年人的整体和特定时间的体力活动与抑郁症状之间的联系.
- 确定身体活动的强度和时间是否对老年人抑郁风险产生不同影响.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及台湾台北市180名社区老年人 (≥65岁) 的横截面研究.
- 使用加速度计测量体力活动,按一天的时间 (早上,下午,晚上) 分类轻度体力活动 (LPA) 和中度至强度体力活动 (MVPA).
- 抑郁症状使用15项老年抑郁量表进行评估,数据通过多变量线性回归分析.
主要成果:
- 总体中度至强度体力活动 (MVPA) 参与与较低的抑郁症状得分有显著的关联 (B = -1.357,95% CI [-2.561, -0.153]).
- 在整体轻度体力活动 (LPA) 或任何特定时间的体力活动 (LPA或MVPA) 与抑郁症状之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 180名参与者的18.3%被确定为患抑郁症的风险.
结论:
- 建议在一天中积累更多的中度至强度体力活动 (MVPA),以预防老年人的抑郁症.
- 轻度体力活动 (LPA) 和运动的特定时间似乎不能在这个人群中保护抑郁症.
- 需要进一步的前性研究来证实这些发现并加强证据基础.
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