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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2023

The effects of physical exercise on anxiety symptoms of college students: A meta-analysis.

Yanru Lin, Wei Gao

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yanru LinSchool of Physical Education and Sport Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Wei GaoSchool of Physical Education and Sport Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China.
Fujian Normal University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an exercise intervention on improving and alleviating anxiety symptoms in college students with a meta-analytical approach. Methods: Several databases (e.g., PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library) were used to search for randomized controlled trials (in short, RCTs) on interventions for physical exercise or aerobic exercise in college students with anxiety symptoms. Stata software, version 16.0, was applied sequentially for traditional meta-analysis, subgroup analysis, and publication bias analysis. Results: A total of nine papers were included. The total literature effect [SMD = -0.55, 95% CI = -0.76 to -0.35, Conclusion: Physical activity interventions were shown to have a positive effect on alleviating anxiety in college students. Aerobic exercise was found to be the optimal mode.

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aerobic exerciseexercise intensityexercise timepsychologytype of exercise

Identifiers

PMID37063553
PMCPMC10100500
OpenAlexW4361270239

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