ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Employers With Metabolic Syndrome and Increased Depression/Anxiety Severity Profit Most From Structured Exercise Intervention for Work Ability and Quality of Life.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03293264 (Effects of a Workplace Health Service Program in Employees With Diagnosed Metabolic Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of a Workplace Health Service Program in Employees With Diagnosed Metabolic Syndrome
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of work ability interventions on productivity: a systematic review.Journal of occupational health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of physical activity monitors in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Pooled it
- Web-based exercise interventions for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Pooled it
- Metabolic Syndrome and Psychological Effects of Exercise in Hemodialysis Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Lessons and Untapped Potential of Smartphone-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Mental Health: Narrative Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Review
- New Advances in Metabolic Syndrome, from Prevention to Treatment: The Role of Diet and Food.Nutrients · 2023Review
- A Cross-Sectional Study on the Associations between Depression and Anxiety, Medication Use for These Diseases and Physical Activity Level in Spanish People with Hypertension.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Personalized training as a promoter for physical activity in people with depressive disorder-a randomized controlled trial in Germany.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Remotely Supervised Exercise during the COVID-19 Pandemic versus in-Person-Supervised Exercise in Achieving Long-Term Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMajor depressive disorder and anxiety disorders are associated with less productivity, earlier retirement, and more sick-days at the workplace. These associations also exist for patients with metabolic syndrome. For both, exercise is a generally recommended part of multimodal treatments. However, for individuals with metabolic syndrome, in which depression and anxiety is more prevalent and severe, evidence for the efficacy of exercise interventions is limited.
methodsCompany employees with diagnosed metabolic syndrome (n=314, age: 48 ± 8 yrs) were randomized to a 6-month exercise intervention (150 min per week) or wait-list control. Participants received individual recommendations for exercise activities by personal meetings, telephone, or
resultsWe included 314 subjects from which 287 finished the intervention. Total work ability, depression- and anxiety severity, and the mental component score of the SF-36 improved after 6 months exercise compared to controls. After baseline stratification for normal (HADS scores 0-7) and increased depression- and anxiety scores (HADS scores 8-21) individuals with increased severity scores had similar age, body composition, blood lipids, and cardiorespiratory fitness compared to those with normal scores, but lower total work ability and component sum scores of health-related quality of life. After 6 months total work ability increased in the exercise group compared to controls with the magnitude of the observed increase being significantly greater for subjects with increased depression- and anxiety severity at baseline compared to those with normal severity scores.
conclusionsA 6-month exercise intervention for company employees with metabolic syndrome showed strongest effects on self-perceived work ability in individuals with mild to severe depression- and anxiety severity. This suggests exercise programs offered to workers with metabolic syndrome not only reduces individual disease risk but may also reduce healthcare and employers costs arising from metabolic syndrome and mental disease conditions. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT03293264.
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