Zhang Jianjiang, Yang Jiyang, Chen Siping, Feng Chan, Wang Shaoying
Medical College, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, China.
School of General Education, Xinjiang Career Technical College, Kuitun, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 10;16:1570681. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1570681. eCollection 2025.
Workers in sedentary occupations often engage in prolonged periods of low physical activity, which may be associated with depressive symptoms. Leisure-time exercise plays a significant role in alleviating these symptoms. Previous studies have shown that adults who engage in physical exercise report fewer depressive symptoms than those who do not. However, the relationship between exercise volume and mental health remains inconsistent. Leisure-time exercise can be categorized into individual and group exercise. Despite its potential importance, little is known about the differential effects of individual and group exercise on depressive symptoms in sedentary occupational populations. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between leisure-time exercise volume and depressive symptoms in sedentary workers, as well as to evaluate the disparities in the effects of individual and group exercise on depressive symptoms.
From September to October 2024, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data from sedentary workers. The participants' sociodemographic characteristics, exercise patterns, exercise volume, and depressive symptoms were gathered. Chi-square tests and hierarchical logistic regression were employed to analyze the obtained data.
Of the 1,277 respondents, 13.16% reported depressive symptoms. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was higher in those with low exercise volume than in those with medium or high exercise volume. Medium and high exercise volumes were associated with a lower risk of depressive symptoms, with odds ratios (OR) of 0.517 and 0.559, respectively. Group exercisers reported fewer depressive symptoms than individual exercisers, with an OR of 0.624.
The benefits of leisure-time exercise on depressive symptoms in sedentary workers do not always increase with higher exercise volume. Additionally, sedentary workers who participated in group exercise exhibited a lower risk of depressive symptoms than those who participated in individual exercise.
从事久坐职业的工人经常长时间进行低强度身体活动，这可能与抑郁症状有关。休闲时间锻炼在缓解这些症状方面发挥着重要作用。先前的研究表明，进行体育锻炼的成年人比不锻炼的人报告的抑郁症状更少。然而，运动量与心理健康之间的关系仍然不一致。休闲时间锻炼可分为个人锻炼和团体锻炼。尽管其潜在重要性，但对于个人锻炼和团体锻炼对久坐职业人群抑郁症状的不同影响知之甚少。本研究的目的是分析久坐工人休闲时间运动量与抑郁症状之间的关联，并评估个人锻炼和团体锻炼对抑郁症状影响的差异。
2024年9月至10月，进行了一项横断面调查，以收集久坐工人的数据。收集了参与者的社会人口学特征、锻炼模式、运动量和抑郁症状。采用卡方检验和分层逻辑回归分析所得数据。
在1277名受访者中，13.16%报告有抑郁症状。运动量低的人群中抑郁症状的患病率高于运动量中等或高的人群。中等和高运动量与较低的抑郁症状风险相关，优势比（OR）分别为0.517和0.559。团体锻炼者报告的抑郁症状比个人锻炼者少，OR为0.624。
休闲时间锻炼对久坐工人抑郁症状的益处并不总是随着运动量的增加而增加。此外，参加团体锻炼的久坐工人比参加个人锻炼的工人出现抑郁症状的风险更低。
