Associations between physical behaviour patterns and levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being in middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study using isotemporal substitution models.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine the compositional effects of physical behaviour on mental health. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:A population-representative random sample (Mitchelstown cohort) was recruited from a large primary care centre in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS:In total 3807 potential participants were selected from the practice list. Following exclusion of duplicates, deaths and ineligibles, 3043 were invited to participate and of these, 2047 (49.2% men) completed the questionnaire and physical examination components of the baseline assessment during the study period (April 2010 and May 2011). Accelerometers were introduced into the study in January 2011. Of the 745 participants seen between January and May of 2011, 475 (44.6% men) subjects (response rate 64%) ag

SUBMITTER: Dillon CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781191 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature