ArticleiScience2024
Effect of physical activity on anxiety and depression in COVID-19 adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of urban green exercise on mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of preoperative regular exercise on mental health in patients undergoing Type II incision surgery.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- Mind-body exercise and anxiety in middle-aged and older adults: a sequential mediation model of emotion regulation and sleep quality.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Direct and indirect effects of physical exercise on life satisfaction and quality of life in Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between sleep quality and occupational identity among psychiatric night shift nurses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Traditional physical exercise and depression in older adults: the mediating role of interoceptive awareness and the moderating effect of perceived stress.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The effects of taekwondo on depression symptoms and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- How perceived environmental quality influences physical activity in urban green spaces? A moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
While the benefits of physical activity on mental health are well-known, systematic reviews and meta-analyses on its impact on mental illness in adults with COVID-19 are scarce. This study of 25 randomized controlled trials shows that physical activity significantly reduces anxiety (standardized mean difference [SMD] = -0.915; 95% confidence interval [CI] = -1.182 to -0.648; I
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