ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024
The effect of physical activity on anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents with mental health disorders: a research brief.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05049759 (Development, Testing and Implementation of a Physical Activity Intervention for Youth With Anxiety and Depression -Confident, Active and Happy Youth), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Development, Testing and Implementation of a Physical Activity Intervention for Youth With Anxiety and Depression -Confident, Active and Happy Youth
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- Effects of different interventions on anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: a systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Didactic adaptation of basketball in physical education to reduce anxiety and emotional eating in adolescent girls with obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Academic Burden and Emotional Problems Among Adolescents: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Anxiety is prevalent among children and adolescents (termed youths), and leads to reduced quality of life, disability, loss of education and reduced life-span. Physical activity has shown promising effects on symptoms of anxiety in adult populations, and an increasing amount of research has also demonstrated some effect in youth. However, physical activity is not widely used in youth mental health care, and research is very limited. Methods/design: This single arm, pre-post study explores the effect of a manualized physical activity-based 14-session intervention termed Confident, Active and Happy Youth. Participants are youth attending specialized mental health care ( Results: Youths did not report any effect on anxiety symptoms after participation in CAHY, however, their parents report a significant reduction in youth's anxiety symptoms in general (b = -0.11, 95%, CI: -0.21 to -0.01) and specifically for social phobia (b = -0.19, 95% CI: -0.35 to -0.03). Age and comorbidity showed no significant effect on anxiety symptoms post treatment. Prior treatment time in youth mental health care demonstrated inconclusive results. Conclusion: The study finds initial evidence of symptomatic change in a clinical population of youth's receiving a physical activity-based intervention. Our research provides preliminary support for physical activity as a supplementary treatment method for mental health disorders among youths. Clinical Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov, NCT05049759.
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