Resistance training in addition to aerobic activity is associated with lower likelihood of depression and comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms: A cross sectional analysis of Australian women
Preventive Medicine Jul 21, 2019
Oftedal S, et al. - Experts assessed the correlation between meeting recommendations for aerobic physical activity (PA) and/or resistance training (RT) and symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Australian female participants of the 10,000 Steps project (n = 5,180) were recruited in the study. Using the Depression Anxiety Stress Score, symptoms of depression and anxiety were ascertained, and on the basis of the appropriate subscale score, individuals were classified as “depression only,” “anxiety only,” “co-occurring depression and anxiety,” or “neither depression nor anxiety,” and adhering to “aerobic PA only,” “RT only,” “aerobic PA + RT,” or “neither aerobic PA nor RT.” For the “aerobic PA only” (n=1,590) group vs the “neither PA nor RT” (n=2,215) group, the likelihood of “depression only” (n=317) and “co-occurring depression and anxiety” (n=417) were lower. No correlations among following one or both recommendations and “anxiety only” (n=317) or between “RT only” (n=401) and depression and/or anxiety could be found. For depression with or without comorbid anxiety, prevention and treatment approaches that include both aerobic PA and RT might grant additional advantages.
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