Abstract
Depression impacts on daily living activities of depressive patients. Patients suffering with mental disorders also show impairment in their Quality of life. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of aerobic exercises on depressive symptoms, anxiety, self-esteem, and quality of life among adults suffering from depression. Methods: Participants (N = 80) were assigned to the experimental group (40), received the aerobic exercises along with medication and control group (40), received the medication only. The intervention was carried out over a period of 8 weeks with the intervention group performing the exercise for 3 days a week. Results: The mean age of the experimental group 40.0 ± 10.18 and control group is 43.63 ± 11.86 respectively. Significant reduction was seen in the depressive symptoms and anxiety when in intervention group when compared to control group using independent t-test. The study also showed improvement in the self-esteem and overall quality of life scores and specifically significant improvement was seen in the area of psychological, social and environmental domain as measured by WHO QOL scale. Conclusion: The study concludes that exercise had definitely helped in reducing the depressive symptoms, anxiety and improved the self-esteem and quality of life of patients with depression. The study was found to be cost-effective and feasible to be made as a routine intervention along with medication for patients to manage depressive symptoms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1147-1151 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01-12-2020 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Epidemiology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
