Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study
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2018
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Mc Dowell, Cillian P.
Carlin, Angela
Capranica, Laura
Dillon, Christina
Harrington, Janas M.
Lakerveld, Jeroen
Loyen, Anne
Ling, Fiona Chun Man
Brug, Johannes
MacDonncha, Ciaran
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BioMed Central Ltd.
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Background: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associations between self-reported physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms and status among Irish adults, using two existing datasets, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and The Mitchelstown Cohort Study. Methods: The two selected databases were pooled (n = 10,122), and relevant variables were harmonized. PA was measured using the short form International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) questionnaire. Participants were classified as meeting World Health Organization moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) guidelines or not, and divided into tertiles based on weekly minutes of MVPA. A CES-D score of >= 16 indicated elevated depressive symptoms. Data collection were conducted in 2010-2011. Results: Significantly higher depressive symptoms were reported by females (7.11 +/- 7.87) than males (5.74 +/- 6.86; p < 0.001). Following adjustment for age, sex, BMI, and dataset, meeting the PA guidelines was associated with 44.7% (95%CI: 35.0 to 52.9; p < 0.001) lower odds of elevated depressive symptoms. Compared to the low PA tertile, the middle and high PA tertiles were associated with 25.2% (95%CI: 8.7 to 38.6; p < 0.01) and 50.8% (95%CI: 40.7 to 59.2; p < 0.001) lower odds of elevated depressive symptoms, respectively. Conclusion: Meeting the PA guidelines is associated with lower odds of elevated depressive symptoms, and increased volumes of MVPA are associated with lower odds of elevated depressive symptoms.
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Physical activity , Mental health , Elderly , Ireland , Cross-sectional
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Mc Dowell, C. P., Carlin, A., Capranica, L., Dillon, C., Harrington, J. M., Lakerveld, J., Loyen, A., Ling, F. C. M., Brug, J., MacDonncha, C. and Herring, M. P. (2018) 'Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study', BMC Public Health, 18(1), 779 (8pp). doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5702-4