Physical Activity Frequency and Depression in the Spanish Population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Depression is a concerning mental health disorder. It is the first cause of inability worldwide, which entails high economic costs for the public system. Current evidence suggests that physical activity is an effective tool for the prevention and treatment of depressive symptoms.

Objective

To examine the relationship between the cases of depressive symptoms and depression presented by the adult Spanish population and the days per week of physical activity and strength training that they perform.

Design

It is a cross-sectional study with data from the European Health Survey of Spain 2020 (EESE 2020), consisting of 10,024 males and 11,126 females, between 18 and 84 years, which conformed the sample of 21,150 participants.

Results

Depressive symptoms

SUBMITTER: Denche-Zamorano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9691247 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature