ReviewBiology2021
Effects of Exercise during Pregnancy on Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses.
Review in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prenatal exercise and its effects on postpartum mental health: systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional factors and cross-national postpartum depression prevalence: an updated meta-analysis and meta-regression of 412 studies from 46 countries.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Mapping postpartum physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep: assessing the impact of prenatal physical activity interventions in the FitMum randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effect of a Tailored eHealth Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Activity and Depression During Postpartum: Randomized Controlled Trial (The Postpartum Wellness Study).JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Effects of a behavioral intervention on physical activity, diet, and health-related quality of life in postpartum women with elevated weight: results of the HIPP randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Exercise, Mediterranean Diet Adherence or Both during Pregnancy to Prevent Postpartum Depression-GESTAFIT Trial Secondary Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Scoping review of preventive interventions for postpartum depression to inform policy and planning.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- Bounce-Based Aerobic Exercise Improves Postpartum Mood: A Large-Scale Pre-Post Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Navigating Therapies, Challenges, and Recommendations for Treatment-Resistant Peripartum Depression: A Comprehensive Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Liberating the Postpartum Body: The Effects of Movement on Body Image Amongst Postpartum Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Physical Activity on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during Pregnancy in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Article
- The Impact of Physical Activity on the Development of Postpartum Depression.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Review
- Mitochondrial might: powering the peripartum for risk and resilience.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Biological Mechanisms Underlying Physical Fitness and Sports Performance: An Editorial.Biology · 2022Article
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7 authors.
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Abstract
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a public health issue. Exercise is a nonpharmacologic alternative to deal with PPD. This study conducted a systematic review of previous meta-analyses and an exploratory pooled analysis regarding the effects of exercise on depressive symptoms among women during the postpartum period. We searched for previous meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials on PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus, date of inception to 31 May 2021. The methodological quality was assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR2) instrument. We pooled the standardised mean differences from the selected studies. Of the 52 records screened, five were included. The results revealed a significant moderate effect of exercise on depressive symptoms among women during the postpartum period (SMD = -0.53; 95% CI: -0.80 to -0.27,
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