Schuch Felipe Barreto, Pinto Stephanie Santana, Bagatini Natália Carvalho, Zaffari Paula, Alberton Cristine Lima, Cadore Eduardo Lusa, Silva Rodrigo Ferrari, Kruel Luiz Fernando Martins
a Exercise Research Laboratory, Physical Education School , Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , RS , Brazil.
Women Health. 2014;54(2):161-75. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2013.870634.
Several studieshave evaluated the relation of exercise to quality of life (QoL). To our knowledge, no study has evaluated the relation of water-based exercise to depressive symptoms and QoL, or the association between improvement in QoL and depressive symptoms in healthy women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of water-based exercise with changes in QoL. Forty-seven women performed water-based combined exercise for 12 weeks. All participants improved in the physical and psychological domains of QoL. Decreases in depressive symptoms and improvements in maximal strength and aerobic capacity were found for all participants. A regression model revealed that depressive symptoms were associated with improvements in physical and psychological domains of QoL. The results showed that moderate intensity, water-based exercise improved physical and psychological domains of QoL, depressive symptoms, aerobic capacity, and muscular strength of women. Furthermore, the improvement in physical and psychological domains of QoL appeared to be mediated by the antidepressant effects of exercise, but not by changes in aerobic capacity or muscular strength.
多项研究评估了运动与生活质量（QoL）之间的关系。据我们所知，尚无研究评估水上运动与抑郁症状及生活质量的关系，或健康女性生活质量改善与抑郁症状之间的关联。本研究的目的是评估水上运动与生活质量变化之间的关联。47名女性进行了为期12周的水上综合运动。所有参与者在生活质量的身体和心理领域均有改善。所有参与者的抑郁症状均有所减轻，最大力量和有氧能力也有所提高。回归模型显示，抑郁症状与生活质量身体和心理领域的改善相关。结果表明，中等强度的水上运动改善了女性的生活质量身体和心理领域、抑郁症状、有氧能力和肌肉力量。此外，生活质量身体和心理领域的改善似乎是由运动的抗抑郁作用介导的，而非有氧能力或肌肉力量的变化。
