ArticleRevista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)2022
Does physical activity moderate the association between device-measured sedentary time patterns and depressive symptoms in adults?
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- Sedentary behavior and physical activity are associated with risk of depression among adult and older populations: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and mental health outcomes in Chinese university students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Physical and Mental Health as Biopsychosocial Correlates and Pathways Associated With Symptom Severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Structural Equation Modeling Study.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationship between physical activity and smartphone addiction among college students in Western China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity levels, and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study based on Tibetan university students at high altitude in China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of meeting 24-hour movement guidelines with anxiety and depressive symptoms in adults.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Increased vigorous exercise and decreased sedentary activities are associated with decreased depressive symptoms in United States adults: Analysis of The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2020.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Impact of active breaks on sedentary behavior and perception of productivity in office workers.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the association between sedentary time (ST) patterns and depressive symptoms, and whether moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) can moderate this association.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included a representative sample of 243 adults (mean age 41.8±16.7 years, 56.4% women) from a city in Southeast Brazil. Depressive symptoms were estimated through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). ST patterns (i.e., number of breaks, mean length of sedentary bouts, and number of long sedentary bouts), total ST, and MVPA were assessed using accelerometers.
resultsPoisson regression models revealed associations of total ST (ß = 0.063; 95%CI 0.011 to 0.116) and number of long bouts (0.108; 0.047 to 0.171) with depressive symptoms among men. MVPA moderated the associations of breaks and longer bouts of ST with depressive symptoms, with an increase of one break/hour, the increase of one long bout, and a decrease of 1 minute in mean bout length being associated with a reduction of 0.211 and increases of 0.081 and 0.166, respectively, in the number of depressive symptoms among men with physical inactivity (breaks = -0.211; -0.360 to -0.063; mean bout length = 0.081; 0.003 to 0.158; number of long bouts = 0.166; 0.090 to 0.242).
conclusionInterventions that encourage breaking up ST should be helpful to reduce depressive symptoms among people with physical inactivity.
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