SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022
Effects of Traditional Chinese Fitness Exercises on Negative Emotions and Sleep Disorders in College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- A meta-analysis of the influence of traditional Chinese exercises on cognitive function in the elderly.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Traditional Chinese exercises on pain and disability in middle-aged and elderly patients with lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Social participation and insomnia in Chinese older adults with multimorbidity: mediating roles of frailty, anxiety, and depression.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Healthy Pills: A Physical Activity and Meditation Program to Enhance Mental Health and Well-Being in Spanish University Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Associations of perceived stress with loneliness and depressive symptoms: the mediating role of sleep quality.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role and regulation mechanism of Chinese traditional fitness exercises on the bone and cartilage tissue in patients with osteoporosis: A narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
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- Interventions for psychiatric disorders among university students: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to systematically review the effectiveness of regular traditional Chinese fitness exercises on negative emotions and sleep disorders in college students, and to provide evidence-based evidence and new ideas for the negative emotions and sleep disorders among the college students. Methods: A systematic search using 5 English (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, EBSCO, and the Cochrane Library) and 4 Chinese (CNKI, WanFang, VIP, and CBM) databases were initiated to identify randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the effect of traditional Chinese fitness exercises on negative emotions and sleep disorders among college students. Standardized mean differences (SMD) and their 95% confidence intervals ( Results: A total of 12 RCTs were included, including 1,052 subjects. The results showed a potential beneficial effect of traditional Chinese fitness exercises on reducing depression [SMD = -0.93, 95 % Conclusion: The findings of this review suggested the traditional Chinese fitness exercises could improve both the negative moods and sleep disorders compared with that of healthy students, the effect on college students with mild to moderate psychological symptoms was obviously improved. The SCL-90 scale is better than the SDS scale in evaluating the improvement effect of traditional Chinese fitness exercises on depression. It was the best intervention program on negative emotions and sleep disorders among college students, with the intervention lasting 5 sessions per week for 30-60 min/session for over 12 weeks.
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