Department of Physical Education, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, 960 Cao Shan Road, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China; Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Mar;297:113738. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113738. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
This study provides a comprehensive and updated review of the literature with respect to the relationship between physical activity and depression in older adults. The evidence from both observational studies and experimental studies are collected to present a discussion on the type and dose of physical activity, as well as the underlying mechanisms of physical activity and depression in older adults. Overall, the results from previous studies support a solid inverse relationship between physical activity and depression in older adults, while the dose-effect relationship between them, as well as different effects among different types of physical activities, remains largely unexplored. Depression in older adults is related to an array of negative health outcomes and is more chronic compared to that in younger adults. Physical activity has been regarded as a promising non-pharmaceutical method in treating and preventing depression in older adults. Further experimental work and research need to be done to develop theoretically grounded and evidence-based interventions to better advance our knowledge of this topic and effectively promote physical activity in older adults.
本研究对老年人身体活动与抑郁之间的关系进行了全面而系统的文献回顾。本研究综合了观察性研究和实验性研究的证据，对身体活动的类型和强度，以及身体活动与老年人抑郁的潜在机制进行了讨论。总的来说，先前研究的结果支持了身体活动与老年人抑郁之间存在实质性的负相关关系，但两者之间的剂量-效应关系以及不同类型身体活动的不同影响仍在很大程度上尚未得到探索。老年人的抑郁与一系列负面健康结果有关，并且比年轻人更为慢性。身体活动被认为是一种有前途的非药物治疗和预防老年人抑郁的方法。为了更好地推进我们对这一主题的认识，并有效地促进老年人的身体活动，需要进一步进行理论性和基于证据的干预实验工作和研究。
