Differences in objectively measured daily physical activity patterns related to depressive symptoms in community dwelling women - mPED trial.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity (PA) is an effective depression treatment. However, knowledge on how variation in day-to-day PA relates to depression in women is lacking. The purposes of this study were to 1) compare overall objectively measured baseline daily steps and duration of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) and 2) examine differences in steps and MVPA on days of the week between women aged 25-65 years, who were physically inactive, with high and low depressive symptoms, enrolled in a run-in period of the mobile phone based physical activity education (mPED) trial. The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale was used to categorize low/high depressive symptom groups. We used linear mixed-effects models to examine the associations between steps and MVPA and depression-

SUBMITTER: Figueroa CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890210 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature