ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2024
Outcomes of the effect of exercise on cognitive function in patients with depression: A meta-analysis.
Article in World journal of psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of exercise on cognitive function in patients with depression: a three-level meta-analysis with dose-response and exploratory mediation analyses.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in Individuals With Bipolar Disorder: An Evidence Synthesis and Position Statement From the ISBD Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT).Bipolar disorders · 2026Review
- The effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive function and depressive symptom in patients with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of translational research · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundMajor depressive disorder is a common mental disorder, characterized by a high rate of suicide and recurrence, which is frequently accompanied by cognitive impairments, particularly in executive function, memory, attention, and information processing speed. As such, improving the cognitive function in patients with depression and enhancing their quality of life are urgent issues.
aimTo perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of exercise on cognitive function in patients with depression.
methodsThe PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Medical, VIP, and Biomedical Databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) databases were searched (from inception to October 19, 2023) for studies investigating improvements in cognitive function in patients with depression through exercise. Tools recommended by the Cochrane Handbook for RCT evaluation, and GRADEpro and Stata17 software, were employed for risk of bias assessment, evidence grading, forest plot construction, subgroup and sensitivity analyses, and assessment of publication bias.
resultsSeventeen RCTs (1173 patients with depression) were included. Exercise had a small but significant positive effect on attention, with an effect size of 0.21, 95%CI: 0.07-0.34,
conclusionExercise could improve attention and information-processing speed in patients with depression, although improvements in executive function and memory are not significant.
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