Effectiveness of physical exercise in the treatment of depression in older adults as an alternative to antidepressant drugs in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although currently available evidence suggests that physical exercise can be beneficial for depressed patients and might be comparable to antidepressant treatment, the best way of implementing this recommendation in clinical practice is not known. This study therefore aims to ascertain the non-inferiority of supervised physical exercise to antidepressant drug treatment, in terms of reducing depressive symptoms among patients presenting with clinical criteria of a depressive episode (ICD-10), across a follow-up period of 6 months.

Methods

It will take the form of a randomised clinical trial undertaken in a primary care setting, in which a total of 312 patients over the age of 65 years with clinically significant depression will be randomly assigned to supervised ph

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Torres Hidalgo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332682 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature