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The effects of exercise interventions on quality of life in clinical and healthy populations; a meta-analysis

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Gillison, Fiona Bridget, Skevington, Suzanne M., Sato, Ayana, Standage, Martyn, Evangelidou, Stella·2009·Social Science & Medicine
DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.028
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The aim of the study was to provide an overview of the effect of exercise interventions on subjective quality of life (QoL) across adult clinical populations and well people, and to systematically investigate the impact of the exercise setting, intensity and type on these outcomes. From a systematic search of six electronic databases, 56 original studies were extracted, reporting on 7937 sick and well people. A meta-analysis was conducted on change in QoL from pre- to post-intervention compared with outcomes from a no-exercise control group, using weighted (by the study's sample size) pooled mean effect sizes and a fixed-effects model. Significant differences in outcome were found when treatment purpose was compared; prevention/promotion (well populations), rehabilitation, or disease management. Three to 6 months post-baseline, a moderate positive effect of exercise interventions was found for overall QoL in rehabilitation patients, but no significant effect for well or disease management groups. However, physical and psychological QoL domains improved significantly relative to controls in well participants. Psychological QoL was significantly poorer relative to controls in the disease management group. This pattern of results persisted over 1 year. With some exceptions, better overall QoL was reported for light intensity exercise undertaken in group settings, with greater improvement in physical QoL following moderate intensity exercise. The implications for future health care practice and research are discussed.

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Authors
Gillison, F. B., Skevington, S. M., Sato, A., Standage, M., & Evangelidou, S.
Affiliations
University of Bath (GB)
Corresponding author
Gillison, Fiona Bridget
ORCID
Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-05
Volume
68
Issue
9
Pages
1700-1710
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.028
OpenAlex
W1996156523
Cited by
327
References
91
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
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  • The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath) (submittedVersion)
  • Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
exercise intervention, quality of life, physical quality of life, psychological quality of life, rehabilitation, disease management, prevention and promotion, exercise intensity, group exercise, exercise settings, healthy population, clinical populations
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Exercise Therapy, Health Promotion, Humans, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Exercise, Chi-Square Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Disease Management

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