SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2021
The handgrip strength and risk of depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
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- Associations between muscle strength and mental health in older adults.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
- Cumulative handgrip strength and trajectories of depressive symptoms in older adults: evidence from two cohort studies.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between handgrip strength and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: mediating role of functional limitation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Factors Affecting Handgrip Strength in Menopausal Women at High Risk of Sarcopenia: A National Population-Based Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Muscle quality index is associated with depression among non-elderly US adults.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prospective associations between hand grip strength and subsequent depressive symptoms in men and women aged 50 years and older: insights from the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Physical activity, physical frailty and depressive symptoms among Chinese male and female older adults: do different indicators make a difference?Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Hand grip strength and depression among rural older South Africans.Humanitas (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. Fakultas Psikologi) · 2022Article
- A genetic correlation and bivariate genome-wide association study of grip strength and depression.PloS one · 2022Article
- Associations between muscular strength and mental health in cognitively normal older adults: a cross-sectional study from the AGUEDA trial.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
purposeMany studies have investigated the association between handgrip strength (HGS) and depressive symptoms, but the conclusion remain controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the longitudinal association between HGS and risk of depressive symptoms.
methodsPubMed, PSYCINFO and EMBASE databases were searched for eligible publications up to April 2020. Pooled relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated using random-effects model. Publication bias was estimated using Egger's test and the funnel plot. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the quality of eligible studies.
resultsThe present meta-analysis included 8 cohort studies with 30,727 participants. Overall, higher HGS was related to a decreased risk of depressive symptoms: the pooled risk ratio (RR) of 0.74 [95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.65-0.85] with a moderate heterogeneity (I
conclusionsLower HGS was associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to investigate the sex differences.
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