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Anxiety outcomes after physical activity interventions: meta-analysis findings.

Vicki S Conn

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Synthesis in Nursing research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Exercise as Treatment for Anxiety: Systematic Review and Analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015
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  19. The effects of aerobic training on subclinical negative affect: A randomized controlled trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vicki S ConnSinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. conn@missouri.edu
University of Missouri · US

Funding

Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Increase Exercise/Physical AcivityR01NR009656 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI CONN, VICKI S · 2006 to 2009
$1.6M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR009656NINR NIH HHS R01NR009656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough the mental health benefits of physical activity (PA) have been documented in numerous primary studies, anxiety outcomes of interventions to increase PA have not been examined through quantitative synthesis.

objectivesThe objective of the study was to integrate extant research about anxiety outcomes from interventions to increase PA among healthy adults.

methodThrough an extensive literature search, published and unpublished PA intervention studies with anxiety outcomes were located. In eligible studies, findings were reported from interventions designed to increase PA delivered to healthy adults without anxiety disorders. Data were coded from primary studies. Random-effects meta-analytic procedures were completed. Exploratory moderator analyses using meta-analysis analysis of variance and regression analogues were conducted to determine if report, methods, sample, or intervention characteristics were associated with differences in anxiety outcomes.

resultsData were synthesized across 3,289 participants from 19 eligible reports. The overall mean anxiety effect size (d index) for two-group comparisons was .22 with significant heterogeneity (Q = 32.15). With exploratory moderator analyses, larger anxiety improvement effect sizes were found among studies that included larger samples, used random allocation of participants to treatment and control conditions, targeted only PA behavior instead of multiple health behaviors, included supervised exercise (vs. home-based PA), used moderate- or high-intensity instead of low-intensity PA, and suggested participants exercise at a fitness facility (vs. home) following interventions. DISCUSSION: Some interventions can decrease anxiety symptoms among healthy adults. Exploratory moderator analyses suggest possible directions for future primary research to compare interventions in randomized trials to confirm causal relationships.

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Exercise TherapyAdultAgedAnalysis of VarianceAnxietyAttitude to HealthBiasChi-Square DistributionEffect Modifier, EpidemiologicFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRegression Analysis

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PMID20410849
PMCPMC3151311
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