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The Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Highlights • This survey collected information about depression, anxiety, and physical activity levels of 1,046 older adults living in North America under current social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.• The primary question addressed by the study was whether total physical activity levels and physical activity intensities performed by older adults during COVID-19-related SDG was related to mental health symptoms.• The results of this study showed that greater total physical activity levels were associated with lower scores on the Geriatric Depression Scale.• Additionally, a hierarchical regression analysis suggests that light and vigorous-intensity physical activity were significant, independent contributors towards depression symptoms in this population.• These findings suggest that higher levels of physical activity levels may help alleviate some of the negative mental health symptoms experienced by older adults, while social distancing guidelines are followed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Authors
- Callow, D. D., Arnold-Nedimala, N. A., Jordan, L. S., Pena, G. S., Won, J., Woodard, J. L., & Smith, J. C.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1046-1057
- ISSN
- 1064-7481 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3040410989
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 23.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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