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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2020

Physical activity and exercise in youth mental health promotion: a scoping review.

Michaela Pascoe, Alan P Bailey, Melinda Craike, Tim Carter, Rhiannon Patten, Nigel Stepto, Alexandra Parker

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readScoping Review
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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06350877 (One-on-one and Group-based Physical Activity Intervention Compared to a Wait-list Control for Post-secondary Student Mental Health and Well-being), which is not on this map. Cited by 145 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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145citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
21.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

NCT06350877 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

One-on-one and Group-based Physical Activity Intervention Compared to a Wait-list Control for Post-secondary Student Mental Health and Well-being: A 3-arm Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of TorontoRan2024 to 2025Enrolled93ConditionsPhysical Activity, Mental Health IssueArmsPhysical Activity Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 301 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michaela PascoeInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3831-5660
Alan P BaileyOrygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Melinda CraikeInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7374-1286
Tim CarterInstitute of Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Rhiannon PattenInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nigel SteptoInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alexandra ParkerInstitute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The University of Melbourne · AUVictoria University · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThis scoping review examined the breadth and outcomes of controlled trials testing the effect of physical activity and exercise interventions across all mental health outcomes for mental health promotion and indicated prevention studies in young people.

methodsThe literature search was conducted using 'Evidence Finder'.

resultsThirty publications were included. Available evidence suggested that interventions of varying intensity may lead to a reduction in depression symptoms and that moderate-to-vigorous-intensity and light-intensity interventions may reduce anxiety symptoms. Effects of physical activity/exercise interventions on additional mental health outcomes were also shown; however, the number of studies was small, indicating a limited evidence base. Robust research regarding the effects of physical activity/exercise on mental health promotion and as an indicated prevention strategy in young people is lacking.

conclusionThe available evidence suggests that physical activity/exercise is a promising mental health promotion and early intervention strategy and warrants further investigation.

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adolescentphysical activitypreventionwell-being

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PMID32095272
PMCPMC7010991
OpenAlexW3001994494

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