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Meta-analysis of quality-of-life outcomes from physical activity interventions.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meditative Movement Therapies and Health-Related Quality-of-Life in Adults: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise training programmes for improving physical and psychosocial health in adults with Down syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Stem Cell Transplant Patients' Activity Decline, Outpatient Resumption, and Intervention Effectiveness Identified by Wearable Activity Monitoring.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Trial
- Effect of aerobic exercise intensity on health-related quality of life in severe obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Trial
- Effects of linear periodization of combined training on quality of life of adults with obesity: a blind randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
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- Exercise training improves quality of life in women with subclinical hypothyroidism: a randomized clinical trial.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2018Trial
- Physical activity among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Jordan: a qualitative study.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Gun Violence Exposure and Quality of Life in Nine US States.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Exercise therapy as a digital therapeutic for chronic disease management: consideration for clinical product development.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Review
- Measurement System for Unsupervised Standardized Assessments of Timed Up and Go Test and 5 Times Chair Rise Test in Community Settings-A Usability Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Bidirectional associations of accelerometer-derived physical activity and stationary behavior with self-reported mental and physical health during midlife.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- The Interplay Between Quality of Life and Resilience Factors in Later Life: A Network Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Measurement System for Unsupervised Standardized Assessment of Timed "Up & Go" and Five Times Sit to Stand Test in the Community-A Validity Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Quality of Life, Depression, Anxiety Symptoms and Mood State of Wheelchair Athletes and Non-athletes: A Preliminary Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Putting the life in lifestyle: Lifestyle choices after a diagnosis of cancer predicts overall survival.Cancer · 2018Article
- Applicability of a Web-Based, Individualized Exercise Intervention in Patients With Liver Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Esophageal Cancer, and Psychiatric Disorders: Process Evaluation of 4 Ongoing Clinical Trials.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Change in well-being amongst participants in a four-month pedometer-based workplace health program.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Physical activity preferences of early-stage lung cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Article
- Situational motivation and perceived intensity: their interaction in predicting changes in positive affect from physical activity.Journal of obesity · 2012Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundInterventions to increase physical activity among adults with chronic illness are intended to improve quality of life and reduce disease complications or slow disease progression.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to integrate quality-of-life outcomes from primary research studies testing interventions to increase physical activity among adults with chronic illness.
methodsExtensive literature searching strategies were used to locate published and unpublished primary research testing physical activity interventions. Results were coded for studies that had at least 5 participants with chronic illness. Fixed- and random-effects meta-analytic procedures included moderator analyses.
resultsEighty-five samples from 66 reports with 7,291 subjects were synthesized. The mean quality-of-life effect size for two-group comparisons (treatment vs. control) was.11 (higher mean quality-of-life scores for treatment subjects than for control subjects). The treatment group pre-post comparison effect size was.27 for quality of life. Heterogeneity was modest in two-group comparisons. Most design and sample attributes were unrelated to intervention effects on quality of life. Studies that exclusively used supervised center-based exercise reported larger quality-of-life improvements than did studies that included any educational/motivational content. Effect sizes were larger among unpublished and unfunded studies. The effect size for physical activity did not predict the quality-of-life effect size. DISCUSSION: Subjects experience improved quality of life from exposure to interventions designed to increase physical activity, despite considerable heterogeneity in the magnitude of the effect. Future primary research should include quality-of-life outcomes so that patterns of relationships among variables can be explored further.
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