参与体育活动降低了老年人抑郁症的风险:ATHLOS基于人口的队列研究
Rodrigo A Lima1,2, Elena Condominas3,4, Albert Sanchez-Niubo3,4,5
1Research, Innovation and Teaching Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujadas 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain. rodrigoantlima@gmail.com.
Sports medicine - open
|January 3, 2024
概括
定期的体育活动,无论强度如何,都能显著降低老年人患抑郁症的风险. 即使考虑到身体和认知健康,这种益处仍然存在,这突显了它对心理健康的重要性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 老年人身体活动和抑郁症之间的关系,无论身体和认知功能如何,都还不清楚.
- 本研究使用来自大型跨国财团的统一数据来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估身体活动 (轻到中等和强烈强度) 与50岁及以上成年人抑郁症发病率之间的纵向关联.
主要方法:
- 一项使用欧盟"健康衰老轨迹:纵向机遇与协同作用"联盟统一数据的队列研究.
- 包括20多个国家,样本规模大 (56,818-62,656名50岁以上的参与者).
- 与抑郁症发病率相关的身体活动频率和强度的纵向分析,对身体和认知功能进行调整.
主要成果:
- 轻度至中度和剧烈的体力活动都与较低的抑郁症发病率比率 (IRR) 相联系,而不是没有活动.
- 身体活动对抑郁症的保护作用即使在调整了全面的身体和认知功能之后,也仍然显著.
- 较高的身体活动频率 (每周两次或更多) 与抑郁症风险降低的相关性更强.
结论:
- 任何强度和频率的体力活动是对老年人抑郁症的强有力的保护因素,无论他们的身体和认知状况如何.
- 卫生政策应鼓励将低强度的体力活动纳入日常生活,以更广泛地预防人口层面的抑郁症.
- 促进体育活动提供了一种可行的策略,以减轻老年人群中抑郁症风险.
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