Sandra Dasha A, Olson Jay A, Pageaux Benjamin, Roy Mathieu
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montreal, QC, Canada.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 22;14:1202955. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1202955. eCollection 2023.
Exercise is an evidence-based treatment for depressive symptoms, yet it often requires specialised knowledge, equipment, or professional supervision. Lay people in certain contexts, for example in remote locations or under pandemic restrictions, often lack these resources and thus cannot use exercise to manage their depressive symptoms. We developed a two-week home exercise program that bypasses these barriers and tested it in university students during pandemic restrictions. In an online study, we recruited 49 participants to complete a week of baseline symptom monitoring then follow the exercise program for 2 weeks (6 sessions) at home. The exercise program involved aerobic and resistance training; each session lasted approximately 45 min. After 2 weeks of the intervention, participants reported lower depressive (standardised = -0.71 [-1.05, -0.38]) and anxiety ( = -0.87 [-1.19, -0.55]) symptoms. Although we cannot make causal conclusions, our results suggest that the brief home exercise program may have potential to reduce depressive symptoms in young adults.
运动是一种基于证据的治疗抑郁症状的方法，但它通常需要专业知识、设备或专业监督。在某些情况下，比如在偏远地区或疫情限制期间，普通人往往缺乏这些资源，因此无法通过运动来管理自己的抑郁症状。我们制定了一个为期两周的居家锻炼计划，绕过了这些障碍，并在疫情限制期间对大学生进行了测试。在一项在线研究中，我们招募了49名参与者，让他们先完成为期一周的基线症状监测，然后在家中按照锻炼计划进行两周（6次课程）的锻炼。锻炼计划包括有氧运动和阻力训练；每次课程持续约45分钟。干预两周后，参与者报告的抑郁症状（标准化值 = -0.71 [-1.05, -0.38]）和焦虑症状（ = -0.87 [-1.19, -0.55]）有所减轻。虽然我们不能得出因果结论，但我们的结果表明，这个简短的居家锻炼计划可能有潜力减轻年轻人的抑郁症状。
