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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2013

Physical activity interventions and depression in children and adolescents : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Helen Elizabeth Brown, Natalie Pearson, Rock E Braithwaite, Wendy J Brown, Stuart J H Biddle

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06624358 (Physical Activity in Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 105 papers, 25 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06624358 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Physical Activity in Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2025 to 2028Enrolled100ConditionsChronic Kidney DiseasesArmsIncrease Physical Activity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 25 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Time Spent on Social Media and Risk of Depression in Adolescents: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  20. The 2017 Dutch Physical Activity Guidelines.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Helen Elizabeth BrownSchool of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. h.brown1@uq.edu.au
Natalie Pearson
Rock E Braithwaite
Wendy J Brown
Stuart J H Biddle

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextEvidence suggests chronic physical activity (PA) participation may be both protective against the onset of and beneficial for reducing depressive symptoms.

objectiveThe aim of this article is to assess the impact of PA interventions on depression in children and adolescents using meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Published English language studies were located from manual and computerized searches of the following databases: PsycInfo, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions (TRoPHI; EPPI Centre), Web of Science and MEDLINE. STUDY SELECTION: Studies meeting inclusion criteria (1) reported on interventions to promote or increase PA; (2) included children aged 5-11 years and/or adolescents aged 12-19 years; (3) reported on results using a quantitative measure of depression; (4) included a non-physical control or comparison group; and (5) were published in peer-reviewed journals written in English, up to and including May 2011 (when the search was conducted). DATA EXTRACTION: Studies were coded for methodological, participant and study characteristics. Comprehensive Meta-Analysis version-2 software was used to compute effect sizes, with subgroup analyses to identify moderating characteristics. Study quality was assessed using the Delphi technique.

resultsNine studies were included (n = 581); most were school-based randomized controlled trials, randomized by individual. Studies used a variety of measurement tools to assess depressive symptoms. The summary treatment effect was small but significant (Hedges' g = -0.26, standard error = 0.09, 95% confidence intervals = -0.43, -0.08, p = 0.004). Subgroup analyses showed that methodological (e.g. studies with both education and PA intervention; those with a higher quality score; and less than 3 months in duration) and participant characteristics (e.g. single-gender studies; those targeting overweight or obese groups) contributed most to the reduction in depression.

conclusionsThere was a small significant overall effect for PA on depression. More outcome-focused, high-quality trials are required to effectively inform the implementation of programmes to reduce depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.

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ExerciseAdolescentChildDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMotor Activity

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