Sedentary behaviour and risk of anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Allen, Mark S.; Walter, Emma E.; Swann, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.081

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“…Our results confirm the effects of PE on social dysfunction and show that these effects are noticeable with just 1–2 h of PE. Finally, looking at the mental symptoms assessed in this study, our results confirm that people who practice exercise presented better mental health than those who did not, supporting previous research (Allen et al, 2019; Bennett et al, 2018; Brown et al, 2013; Coney, 2018; Kvam et al, 2016; Subirats et al, 2012; Warburton, Charlesworth, Ivey, Nettlefold, & Bredin, 2010; You et al, 2019).…”

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“…However, despite all of these advantages, only a small proportion of older persons exercise regularly (McGowan, Devereux‐Fitzgerald, Powell, & French, 2018). Mental health is also sensitive to the advantages of exercise, reducing anxiety and depression (Allen, Walter, & Swann, 2019; Bennett et al, 2018; Coney, 2018; Farren, Zhang, Gu, & Thomas, 2018). Empirical evidence confirms that sedentary behavior has a positive association with anxiety (Allen et al, 2019) and that PE is an effective intervention for depression (Brown, Pearson, Braithwaite, Brown, & Biddle, 2013; Kvam, KlePE, Nordhus, & Hovland, 2016).…”

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Gender, exercise, and health: A life‐course cross‐sectional study

Matud

Díaz

2020

Nursing & Health Sciences

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The purpose of this study is to explore relationships between the practice of exercise, gender, and health, from adolescence to old age, testing the magnitude of gender differences throughout the life cycle in the practice of exercise of Spanish people. A cross‐sectional study with 4,575 women and 4,334 men, aged 13–85 years, was conducted. The participants were assessed on the weekly hours they dedicated to the practice of exercise, masculine/instrumental and feminine/expressive traits, mental health symptomatology, and self‐rated health). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed in the age groups of adolescence, late adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and older age. Results showed that men dedicated significantly more hours to the practice of exercise than women within all age groups, except in older age (men´s average = 4.07; women´s average = 2.55). The masculine/instrumental trait played a mediating role between gender and practice of exercise hours. Furthermore, a decline in the amount of time dedicated to exercise from adolescence to older age was found, with higher drops in men. Finally, the practice of exercise was associated with better self‐rated health and less mental symptoms. These results underline the important role that gender and masculine‐instrumental trait play on the practice of exercise .

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confidence: 88%

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confidence: 99%

Gender, exercise, and health: A life‐course cross‐sectional study

Matud

Díaz

2020

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…Anxiety symptoms were slightly lower among adults meeting recommended physical activity guidelines and, following full adjustment for relevant covariates, meeting recommended physical activity guidelines was significantly associated with 13.5% lower odds of anxiety (HADS≥8) in the harmonized dataset, significantly associated with 19.8% lower odds of anxiety in TILDA, and non-significantly associated with 8.2% lower odds of anxiety in the Mitchelstown Cohort Study. This further highlights physical activity as an important modifiable lifestyle factor associated with anxiety symptoms and disorders along with other lifestyle factors such as sedentary behaviour [65], sleep [66], smoking [67], and alcohol use [68]; however, the magnitude of the current association was weaker than those for these lifestyle factors in previous research. Additionally, the magnitude of the present findings are consistent with cross-sectional associations between meeting recommended levels of physical activity and elevated worry symptoms [34], and smaller than previously found associations with elevated depressive symptoms among Irish adults [44,69].…”

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Associations of self-reported physical activity and anxiety symptoms and status among 7,874 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study

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Background: Anxiety is an adaptive response to an objective or perceived threat; however, when symptoms become severe and chronic it that can become a maladaptive anxiety disorder. Limited evidence suggests that physical activity may be associated with prevention against anxiety. This study uses data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and The Mitchelstown Cohort Study to investigate cross-sectional associations between physical activity and anxiety symptoms and status among Irish adults.Methods: Both datasets were harmonized (n = 7874). The short form International Physical Activity Questionnaire measured physical activity. Participants were classified as meeting World Health Organization physical activity guidelines (≥150 min weekly of moderate intensity physical activity, ≥75 min weekly of vigorous intensity physical activity, or ≥ 600 MET-minutes) or not. They were also divided into three groups based on weekly MET-minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (Low: 0-599; Moderate: 600-1199; High: ≥1200), and three groups based on weekly minutes of walking (Low: 0-209; Moderate: 210-419; High: 420+). Anxiety symptoms were measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale with a score of ≥8 indicating anxiety. Binomial logistic regression, adjusted for relevant confounders examined physical activity-anxiety associations. Results: Females had higher rates of anxiety than males (28.0% vs 20.0%; p < 0.001). Following adjustment for relevant covariates, meeting physical activity guidelines was associated with 13.5% (95% CI: 2.0-23.7; p = 0.023) lower odds of anxiety. Moderate and High physical activity were associated with 13.5% (− 11.0-32.6; p = 0.254) and 13.6% (1.4-4.2; p = 0.030) lower odds of anxiety compared to Low physical activity, respectively. Moderate and High walking were associated with 2.1% (− 14.5-16.3; p = 0.789) and 5.1% (− 9.3-17.6; p = 0.467) lower odds of anxiety compared to Low walking, respectively. (Continued on next page)Conclusion: Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with lower odds of anxiety, but the strength of associations did not increase considerably with increased physical activity levels.

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“…The potential downside of using zero-order correlations is that the effects do not account for potential spurious correlations. Because the influence of other potential confounds have not been removed (e.g., socioeconomic status), the correlations reported are likely to be inflated (although see, Allen, Walter, & Swann, 2019). It is common and appropriate to explore crude and multivariable controlled effects in separate meta-analyses (e.g., Pratt et al, 2014).…”

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Self-regulation in childhood as a predictor of future outcomes: A meta-analytic review.

Robson¹,

Allen²,

Howard³

2020

Psychological Bulletin

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This meta-analysis explores whether self-regulation in childhood relates to concurrent and subsequent levels of achievement, interpersonal behaviors, mental health, and healthy living. A comprehensive literature search identified 150 studies that met inclusion criteria (745 effect sizes; total n = 215,212). Data were analyzed using inverse-variance weighted random effects meta-analysis. Mean effect sizes from 55 meta-analyses provided evidence that self-regulation relates to 25 discrete outcomes. Results showed that self-regulation in preschool (∼age 4) was positively associated with social competency, school engagement, and academic performance, and negatively associated with internalizing problems, peer victimization, and externalizing problems, in early school years (∼age 8). Self-regulation in early school years was positively related to academic achievement (math and literacy), and negatively related to externalizing problems (aggressive and criminal behavior), depressive symptoms, obesity, cigarette smoking and illicit drug use, in later school years (∼age 13). Results also showed that self-regulation in early school years was negatively related to unemployment, aggressive and criminal behavior, depression and anxiety, obesity, cigarette smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, and symptoms of physical illness in adulthood (∼age 38). Random effects metaregression identified self-regulation measurement as the most important moderator of pooled mean effects, with task-based assessments and teacher-report assessments often showing stronger associations than parent-report assessments. Overall, findings from this meta-analysis provide evidence that self-regulation in childhood can predict achievement, interpersonal behaviors, mental health, and healthy living in later life.

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Sedentary behaviour and risk of anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 153 publications

References 47 publications

Gender, exercise, and health: A life‐course cross‐sectional study

Gender, exercise, and health: A life‐course cross‐sectional study

Associations of self-reported physical activity and anxiety symptoms and status among 7,874 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study

Self-regulation in childhood as a predictor of future outcomes: A meta-analytic review.

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