ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2022
Substitutions of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep: associations with mental health in middle-aged and elderly persons.
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- 24-hour movement behaviours and mental health in non-clinical populations: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Association of reallocating time between physical activity and sedentary behavior on the risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Isotemporal substitution from sedentary behavior or sleep to physical activity: associations with depression risk in older adults-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Isotemporal substitution of sedentary time with physical activity for cardiovascular health in older adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Non-linear dose-response association between physical activity and mental health in adolescents: a prospective cohort study based on SEARCH.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
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- Objective physical activity and Alzheimer's disease burden in the population-based Rotterdam Study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
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- Exploring the perceptions of sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged 75 and older: a series of focus group interviews.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Dose-dependent association between physical activity and mental health, and mitigation effects on risk behaviors.iScience · 2025Article
- Adherence to the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines and depression risk among older adults from the United States.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Effects of replacing sedentary time with alterations in physical activity or sleep on mood states in Chinese young adults during the pandemic.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Associations between 24-h movement behaviors and indicators of mental health and well-being across the lifespan: a systematic review.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Review
- Impacts of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep on depression symptoms in Canadian older adults 65 years of age and above: a compositional data analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
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- A systematic review of research reporting practices in observational studies examining associations between 24-h movement behaviors and indicators of health using compositional data analysis.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Review
- Relationship between physical activities and mental health in older people: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- An explainable predictive model for anxiety symptoms risk among Chinese older adults with abdominal obesity using a machine learning and SHapley Additive exPlanations approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep are potential risk factors of mental health disorders, but previous studies have not considered the dependency between these activity domains. Therefore, we examined the associations of reallocations of time among older adults' physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep with depressive and anxiety symptoms using compositional isotemporal substitution analyses.
methodsWe included 1943 participants (mean age 71 years, SD: 9; 52% women) from the population-based Rotterdam Study. Between 2011 and 2016, we collected accelerometer data (mean duration 5.8 days, SD: 0.4) on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep and self-reported data on depressive symptoms and anxiety.
resultsA reallocation of 30 min more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with a -0.55 (95% CI -1.04 to -0.06) points lower depressive symptoms score when replacing sleep and a -0.59 (95% CI -1.06 to -0.12) points lower score when replacing sedentary behaviour, but not when replacing light physical activity (-0.70, 95% CI -1.63 to 0.24). No associations were found for anxiety.
conclusionReplacing sedentary behaviour or sleep with more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with less depressive symptoms, suggesting that mainly intensive types of physical activity are important for middle-aged and older adults in relation to depressive symptoms.
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