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Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
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Objective: To identify the optimal dose and modality of exercise for treating major depressive disorder, compared with psychotherapy, antidepressants, and control conditions. Design: Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Methods: Screening, data extraction, coding, and risk of bias assessment were performed independently and in duplicate. Bayesian arm based, multilevel network meta-analyses were performed for the primary analyses. Quality of the evidence for each arm was graded using the confidence in network meta-analysis (CINeMA) online tool. Data sources: Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, SPORTDiscus, and PsycINFO databases. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: Any randomised trial with exercise arms for participants meeting clinical cut-offs for major depression. Results: 218 unique studies with a total of 495 arms and 14 170 participants were included. Compared with active controls (eg, usual care, placebo tablet), moderate reductions in depression were found for walking or jogging (n=1210, κ=51, Hedges’ g −0.62, 95% credible interval −0.80 to −0.45), yoga (n=1047, κ=33, g −0.55, −0.73 to −0.36), strength training (n=643, κ=22, g −0.49, −0.69 to −0.29), mixed aerobic exercises (n=1286, κ=51, g −0.43, −0.61 to −0.24), and tai chi or qigong (n=343, κ=12, g −0.42, −0.65 to −0.21). The effects of exercise were proportional to the intensity prescribed. Strength training and yoga appeared to be the most acceptable modalities. Results appeared robust to publication bias, but only one study met the Cochrane criteria for low risk of bias. As a result, confidence in accordance with CINeMA was low for walking or jogging and very low for other treatments. Conclusions: Exercise is an effective treatment for depression, with walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training more effective than other exercises, particularly when intense. Yoga and strength training were well tolerated compared with other treatments. Exercise appeared equally effective for people with and without comorbidities and with different baseline levels of depression. To mitigate expectancy effects, future studies could aim to blind participants and staff. These forms of exercise could be considered alongside psychotherapy and antidepressants as core treatments for depression. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42018118040.
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This systematic review and network meta-analysis of 218 randomised trials found that exercise produces moderate reductions in depression compared with active controls, with walking/jogging, yoga, strength training, and dance among the more effective modalities. Effects appeared proportional to prescribed intensity, but confidence in the evidence was low for walking/jogging and very low for other modalities.
Key findings
- Across 218 unique studies, 495 arms, and 14,170 participants, exercise reduced depression compared with active controls: dance (n=107, κ=5, Hedges’ g −0.96, 95% credible interval −1.36 to −0.56), walking or jogging (n=1210, κ=51, g −0.63, −0.80 to −0.46), yoga (n=1047, κ=33, g −0.55, −0.73 to −0.36), strength training (n=643, κ=22, g −0.49, −0.69 to −0.29), mixed aerobic exercises (n=1286, κ=51, g −0.43, −0.61 to −0.25), and tai chi or qigong (n=343, κ=12, g −0.42, −0.65 to −0.21).
- Effects were proportional to prescribed intensity: light physical activity had g −0.58 (−0.82 to −0.33), while vigorous exercise had g −0.74 (−1.10 to −0.38).
- Strength training (odds ratio 0.55, 95% credible interval 0.31 to 0.99) and yoga (0.57, 0.35 to 0.94) had lower odds of dropout than active control.
- Confidence in the evidence was low for walking or jogging and very low for other treatments; only one study met Cochrane criteria for low risk of bias.
Methods
- Systematic review and Bayesian arm-based multilevel network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, registered as PROSPERO CRD42018118040 and reported per PRISMA-NMA.
- Searches covered Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, SPORTDiscus, and PsycINFO, with no language restrictions; eligible trials included exercise arms for participants meeting clinical cut-offs for major depression.
- Main analyses used Hedges’ g standardised mean change from baseline, with active controls grouped and waitlist control separated; credibility was assessed with CINeMA, and moderation analyses examined intensity, dose, age, sex, baseline depression, comorbidities, behaviour change techniques, autonomy, and funding.
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- The paper states that only one study met Cochrane criteria for low risk of bias, most studies did not blind participants or staff, and confidence was low for walking or jogging and very low for other treatments.
- The paper notes that publication bias was present, though not enough to nullify effects; risk-of-bias judgements may be too conservative because RoB 1 was used and many studies predated reporting checklists.
- The paper states that age and sex moderation was at the study level rather than individual level, dance evidence came from few studies with mostly young women, and searches were not designed to systematically capture grey literature or trial registries.
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“mixed aerobic exercises (n=1286, κ=51, g −0.43, −0.61 to −0.24)”
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“mixed aerobic exercises (n=1286, κ=51, g=−0.43, −0.61 to −0.25)”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Results
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“or aerobic exercise was combined with psychotherapy (n=404, κ=15, g=−0.54, −0.76 to −0.32)”
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“effects were moderate for cognitive behaviour therapy alone (n=712, κ=20, g=−0.55, −0.75 to −0.37)”
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“Moderate, clinically meaningful effects were also present when exercise was combined with SSRIs (n=268, κ=11, g=−0.55, −0.86 to −0.23)”
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“large reductions in depression were found for dance (n=107, κ=5, Hedges’ g −0.96, 95% credible interval −1.36 to −0.56)”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Synthesis of results
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“strength training (n=643, κ=22, g −0.49, −0.69 to −0.29)”
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“All these treatments were significantly stronger than the standardised minimum clinically important difference compared with active control (g=−0.20), equating to an absolute g value of −1.16.”
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“tai chi or qigong (n=343, κ=12, g −0.42, −0.65 to −0.21)”
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“yoga (n=1047, κ=33, g −0.55, −0.73 to −0.36)”
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“Compared with active controls (eg, usual care, placebo tablet), moderate reductions in depression were found for walking or jogging (n=1210, κ=51, Hedges’ g −0.62, 95% credible interval −0.80 to −0.45)”
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“moderate reductions for walking or jogging (n=1210, κ=51, g −0.63, −0.80 to −0.46)”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Results
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“small for SSRIs (n=432, κ=16, g=−0.26, −0.50 to −0.01)”
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“No amount of publication bias would be sufficient to shrink effects to zero (s value=not possible).”
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“only one study met the Cochrane criteria for low risk of bias.”
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“Dance, exercise combined with SSRIs, and walking or jogging were the treatments most likely to perform best when modelling the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (fig 4).”
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“The multilevel Egger’s test showed significance (F1,98=23.93, P<0.001).”
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“To reduce effects below clinical significance thresholds, studies with statistically significant results would need to be reported 58 times more frequently than studies with non-significant results.”
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“Weak evidence suggested that shorter interventions (eg, 10 weeks: g=−0.53, −0.71 to −0.35) worked somewhat better than longer ones (eg, 30 weeks: g=−0.37, −0.79 to 0.03)”
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“Few studies explicitly blinded participants and staff (fig 3).”
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“for two out of the 120 comparisons we found statistically significant incoherence between direct and indirect evidence (SSRI v waitlist control; cognitive behavioural therapy v tai chi or qigong).”
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“However, sensitivity analyses suggested that effect sizes were not influenced by any risk of bias criteria owing to wide credible intervals”
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“Funded studies showed stronger effects (g=−1.01, −1.19 to −0.82) than unfunded studies (g=−0.77, −1.09 to −0.46).”
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“The effects of exercise were proportional to the intensity prescribed.”
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“Across modalities, a clear dose-response curve was observed for intensity of exercise prescribed (fig 8).”
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“Compared with models that only included exercise modality (R2=0.65), R2 was higher for models that included interactions with sex (R2=0.71) and age (R2=0.69).”
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“credible intervals were wide, which meant that the dose-response curve for METs/min prescribed per week was unclear”
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“expected effects were stronger for vigorous exercise (eg, running, interval training; g=−0.74, −1.10 to −0.38).”
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“Although light physical activity (eg, walking, hatha yoga) still provided clinically meaningful effects (g=−0.58, −0.82 to −0.33)”
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“We also moderated for the type of measure (self-report v clinician report). This did not explain a substantial amount of variance in the outcome (R2=0.66).”
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“and yoga (n=264, κ=5, 0.57, 0.35 to 0.94) than for active control.”
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“None of the behaviour change techniques significantly moderated overall effects.”
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“the odds of participants dropping out of the study were lower for strength training (n=247, direct evidence κ=6, odds ratio 0.55, 95% credible interval 0.31 to 0.99)”
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“Overall, we found little statistical evidence that the model violated the assumption of transitivity.”
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“The rate of dropouts was not significantly different from active control in any other arms (see supplementary file, section S8).”
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“Contrary to expectations, studies describing a level of participant autonomy (ie, choice over frequency, intensity, type, or time) tended to show weaker effects (g=−0.28, −0.78 to 0.23) than those that did not (g=−0.75, −1.17 to −0.33”
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“Qualitative differences were, however, found for participant characteristics between different arms”
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“The optimal modality appeared to be moderated by age and sex.”
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“Nevertheless, certainty ratings for all treatments arms were downgraded owing to high risk of bias in the studies informing the comparison.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Risk of bias within studies
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“Active control conditions (usual care, placebo tablet, stretching, educational control, and social support) were grouped to increase power for moderation analyses, for parsimony in the network graph, and because they all showed similar arm based pooled effect sizes (Hedges’ g between −0.93 and −1.00 for all, with no statistically significant differences).”
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“Yoga and aerobic exercise alongside psychotherapy appeared more effective for older participants than younger people (fig 7).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by participant characteristics
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“Effects appeared to be larger for men than women when prescribing yoga, tai chi, and aerobic exercise alongside psychotherapy.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by participant characteristics
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“Strength training appeared more effective when prescribed to younger participants than older participants.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by participant characteristics
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“R2 showed no substantial increase for models including baseline depression (R2=0.67) or comorbidities (R2=0.66; see supplementary file, section S9).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by participant characteristics
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“In this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, exercise showed moderate effects on depression compared with active controls, either alone or in combination with other established treatments such as cognitive behaviour therapy.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Effects appeared larger for women than men for strength training and cycling (fig 6).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by participant characteristics
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“Although walking or jogging were effective for both men and women, strength training was more effective for women, and yoga or qigong was more effective for men.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Yoga was somewhat more effective among older adults, and strength training was more effective among younger people.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Yoga was somewhat more effective among older adults, and strength training was more effective among younger people.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Our review included more studies than many existing reviews on exercise for depression.13 22 27 28”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Benefits were equally effective for different weekly doses, for people with different comorbidities, or for different baseline levels of depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Benefits were equally effective for different weekly doses, for people with different comorbidities, or for different baseline levels of depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Benefits were equally effective for different weekly doses, for people with different comorbidities, or for different baseline levels of depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Although walking or jogging were effective for both men and women, strength training was more effective for women, and yoga or qigong was more effective for men.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Although walking or jogging were effective for both men and women, strength training was more effective for women, and yoga or qigong was more effective for men.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“our study and the study by Heissel et al22 found that shorter interventions had stronger effects, at least for six months”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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- Not checked yetcites [22] source
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“our study and the study by Singh et al13 both found that effects were stronger with vigorous intensity exercise compared with light and moderate exercise.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“In our review, some types of exercise had stronger effect sizes than others.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Because we simultaneously assessed more than 200 studies, credible intervals were narrower than those in most existing meta-analyses.13”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Physical activity counselling, which usually provides a great deal of patient autonomy, was among the lowest effect sizes in our meta-analysis.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“In contrast, we found some forms of exercise to have stronger effects than SSRIs alone.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“We found evidence to suggest good acceptability of yoga and strength training; although the measurement of study drop-out is an imperfect proxy of adherence.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Behaviour change techniques, which are designed to increase adherence, did not meaningfully moderate the effect sizes from exercise.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Higher autonomy judgements were associated with weaker outcomes regardless of whether physical activity counselling was included in the model.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Given most research for the intervention has been in young women (88% female participants, mean age 31 years), it is also important for future research to assess the generalisability of the effects to different populations, using robust experimental designs.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Based on our findings, dance appears to be a promising treatment for depression, with large effects found compared with other interventions in our review.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“We also found evidence that exercise increases the effects of SSRIs, so offering exercise may act as an adjuvant for those already taking drugs.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Our review found some interesting moderators by age and sex, but these were at the study level rather than individual level—that is, rather than being able to determine whether women engaging in a strength intervention benefit more than men, we could only conclude that studies with more women showed larger effects than studies with fewer women.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“We found preliminary data that may help practitioners tailor interventions to individuals (eg, yoga for older men, strength training for younger women).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Still, some interventions with few costs, side effects, or pragmatic barriers, such as walking and jogging, are effective across people with different personal characteristics, severity of depression, and comorbidities.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Preliminary evidence suggests interactions between types of exercise and patients’ personal characteristics”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Because of the inclusion criteria and search strategies used, these reviews might have been under-powered to explore moderators such as dose and modality (κ=15 and κ=71, respectively).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Introduction
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“These meta-analyses have come under scrutiny for pooling heterogeneous treatments and heterogenous comparisons leading to ambiguous effect estimates.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [23] source
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“Exercise is an effective treatment for depression”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Conclusions
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“Exercise may be an effective complement or alternative to drugs and psychotherapy.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites 10 11 12 13 14
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“But these guidelines do not provide clear, consistent recommendations about dose or exercise modality.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites 18 19 20 21
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“Network meta-analyses are a better way to precisely quantify differences between interventions as they simultaneously model the direct and indirect comparisons between interventions.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [24] Chaimani A, Caldwell DM, Li T, Higgins JPT, Salanti G. Undertaking network meta-analyses. In: Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chandler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, et al., editors. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Cochrane; 2022. www.training.cochrane.org/handbook
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“We separated waitlist control from these active control conditions because it typically shows poorer effects in treatment for depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods > Summary measures and synthesis
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- Not checked yetcites [43] source
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“Meta-analyses have found each of these factors to be associated with decreases in depressive symptoms, but no single treatment covers all mechanisms.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“It is unlikely that any single causal mechanism explains all the findings in the review.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Some of those reviews grouped interventions such as yoga with heterogeneous interventions such as stretching and qigong.13”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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- Not checked yetcites [13] source
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“This practise of combining different interventions makes it harder to interpret meta-analytical estimates.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“In particular, researchers seldom blinded participants or staff delivering the intervention to the study’s hypotheses.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“We also found evidence that exercise increases the effects of SSRIs, so offering exercise may act as an adjuvant for those already taking drugs.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Based on our findings, dance appears to be a promising treatment for depression, with large effects found compared with other interventions in our review.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Most of the main findings in this review appear robust to risks from publication bias.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Finally, for many modalities, the evidence is derived from small trials (eg, the median number of walking or jogging arms was 17).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Our review did not, however, include all possible sources of indirect evidence.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Doing so can detect additional eligible studies72 and reveal the numbers of completed studies that remain unpublished.73”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [72] Lefebvre C Glanville J Briscoe S . Searching for and selecting studies. In: Higgins JPT Thomas J Chandler J , eds. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Cochrane, 2022, www.training.cochrane.org/handbook.
- Supportedcites [73] source
The Methods (MBT Trial Registrations; page unavailable) describe checking completed trial registrations for publications. The Results (Evaluation of MBT Trial Registrations; page unavailable) report that 8 of 21 eligible registered trials were published within 30 months of completion, allowing the number without a publication in that period to be identified. The finding is time-bounded; it does not establish that those trials remained unpublished indefinitely. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“218 unique studies with a total of 495 arms and 14 170 participants were included.”
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“A total of 218 unique studies described in 246 reports were included, totalling 495 arms and 14 170 participants.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Results
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“We found no indication that participants were likely to relapse within the measurement period (see supplementary file, section S12); effects remained steady when measured either directly after the intervention (g=−0.59, −0.80 to −0.39) or up to six months later (g=−0.63, −0.87 to −0.40).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by intervention and design characteristics
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“The results of the global test design-by-treatment interaction model were not statistically significant, supporting the assumption of transitivity (χ2=94.92, df=75, P=0.06).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Network geometry
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“Evidence of publication bias was found for overall estimates of exercise on depression compared with active controls, although not enough to nullify effects.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Sensitivity analyses
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“Funnel plots showed asymmetry, but the result of pooled effects remained statistically significant when only including non-significant studies”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Sensitivity analyses
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“As a result, overall risk of bias for most studies was unclear or high, and effect sizes could include expectancy effects, among other biases.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Risk of bias within studies
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“Overall, walking or jogging had low confidence, with other modalities being very low.”
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“confidence in accordance with CINeMA was low for walking or jogging and very low for other treatments.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Credibility assessment
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“Use of group exercise appeared to moderate the effects: although the overall effects were similar for individual (g=−1.10, −1.57 to −0.64) and group exercise (g=−1.16, −1.61 to −0.73), some interventions were better delivered in groups (yoga) and some were better delivered individually (strength training, mixed aerobic exercise”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Results > Moderation by intervention and design characteristics
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“In isolation, the most effective exercise modalities were walking or jogging, yoga, strength training, and dancing.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Our review did not uncover clear causal mechanisms, but the trends in the data are useful for generating hypotheses.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“The benefits from exercise tended to be proportional to the intensity prescribed, with vigorous activity being better.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“In so doing, we found that these interventions do have different effects, with yoga being an intervention with strong effects and stretching being better described as an active control condition.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“We did find that autonomy, as provided in the methods of included studies, predicted effects, but in the opposite direction to our hypotheses: more autonomy was associated with weaker effects.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Specifically, pooled effect sizes decreased when accounting for risk of publication bias, but no degree of publication bias could nullify effects.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Many exercise modalities appear to be effective treatments, particularly walking or jogging, strength training, and yoga, but confidence in many of the findings was low.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Effects appeared proportional to the intensity of exercise prescribed and were stronger for group exercise and interventions with clear prescriptions”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Various exercise modalities are effective (walking, jogging, mixed aerobic exercise, strength training, yoga, tai chi, qigong) and well tolerated (especially strength training and yoga)”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“Screening, data extraction, coding, and risk of bias assessment were performed independently and in duplicate.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Methods
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“with walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training more effective than other exercises, particularly when intense.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Conclusions
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“We amended our analysis strategy after registering our review; these changes were to better align with new norms established by the Cochrane Comparing Multiple Interventions Methods Group.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods
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“Yoga and strength training were well tolerated compared with other treatments.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Conclusions
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“Exercise appeared equally effective for people with and without comorbidities and with different baseline levels of depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Conclusions
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“We used Cochrane’s risk of bias tool for randomised controlled trials.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods > Risk of bias in individual studies
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“Our findings are presented according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses-Network Meta-analyses (PRISMA-NMA) guidelines”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods
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“Quality of the evidence for each arm was graded using the confidence in network meta-analysis (CINeMA) online tool.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Abstract > Methods
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“We preregistered informative priors based on the distributional parameters of our meta-analytical model.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods > Summary measures and synthesis
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“All prespecified moderation and sensitivity analyses were performed.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Methods > Additional analyses
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“For example, even taking conservative estimates (ie, the least favourable end of the credible interval), practitioners can expect patients to experience clinically significant effects from walking, running, yoga, qigong, strength training, and mixed aerobic exercise.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Exercise modalities such as running may satisfy many of the mechanisms, but they are unlikely to directly promote the mindful self-awareness provided by yoga and qigong.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Although confidence in many of the results was low, treatment guidelines may be overly conservative by conditionally recommending exercise as complementary or alternative treatment for patients in whom psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy is either ineffective or unacceptable.60”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [60] American Psychological Association. Clinical practice guideline for the treatment of depression across three age cohorts. American Psychological Association; 2019. https://www.apa.org/depression-guideline/
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“Meta-analyses have found each of these factors to be associated with decreases in depressive symptoms, but no single treatment covers all mechanisms.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“As a result, we were able to combine the strengths of various approaches to exercise and to make more nuanced and precise conclusions.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“We used methods that enabled us to separately analyse the effects of these treatment modalities.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“We attribute this to the study level data available in a network meta-analysis compared with an overview of reviews 24 and higher power compared with meta-analyses with smaller numbers of included studies.22 28”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [24] Chaimani A, Caldwell DM, Li T, Higgins JPT, Salanti G. Undertaking network meta-analyses. In: Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chandler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, et al., editors. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Cochrane; 2022. www.training.cochrane.org/handbook
- Not checked yetcites [22] source
- Not checked yetcites [28] source
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“They often include heterogeneous studies without having as much control over moderation analyses (eg, Singh et al included studies covering both prevention and treatment13).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [13] source
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“However, most existing reviews found various treatment modalities to be equally effective.13 27”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Overviews of reviews have the ability to more easily cover a wider range of participants, interventions, and outcomes, but also risk double counting randomised trials that are included in separate meta-analyses.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Network meta-analyses revealed the same phenomenon with psychotherapy: researchers once concluded there was a dodo bird verdict, whereby “everybody has won, and all must have prizes,”67 until network meta-analyses showed some interventions were robustly more effective than others.6 26”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Summary of evidence
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“Our findings are likely related to the larger power in our review (n=14 170) compared with previous reviews (eg, n=2551),14 and our ability to better account for heterogeneity in exercise prescriptions.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [14] source
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In the paper
“One explanation for these data is that people with depression benefit from the clear direction and accountability of a standardised prescription.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Many forms of exercise potentially contain therapeutic benefits beyond just energy expenditure.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“After choosing something value aligned, autonomy within the trial may not have helpful.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Previous reviews on those with mild-moderate depression have found similar effects for exercise or SSRIs, or the two combined.13 14”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“We found evidence to suggest good acceptability of yoga and strength training; although the measurement of study drop-out is an imperfect proxy of adherence.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Alternatively, participants were likely autonomous when self-selecting into trials with exercise modalities they enjoyed, or those that fit their social circumstances.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Our judgement of the autonomy provided in the methods may not reflect how much autonomy support patients actually felt.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Alternatively, researchers may have used behaviour change techniques such as feedback or goal setting without explicitly reporting them in the study methods.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“When provided with more freedom, the low self-efficacy that is symptomatic of depression may stop patients from setting an appropriate level of challenge (eg, they may be less likely to choose vigorous exercise).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“These characteristics of a modality may be more influential than coexisting behaviour change techniques.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Exercise may therefore be considered a viable alternative to drug treatment.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“It may be that the modality explains most of the variance between effects, such that behaviour change techniques (eg, presence or absence of feedback) did not provide a meaningful contribution.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Specifically, although the confidence in the evidence for exercise is less strong than for cognitive behavioural therapy, the effect sizes seem comparable, so it may be an alternative for patients who prefer not to engage in psychotherapy.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Predictors of acceptability and outcomes
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“Therefore, our risk of bias judgements may be too conservative.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Although assessments of bias between the two tools are generally comparable,71 the RoB 1 tool can be more conservative when assessing open label studies with subjective assessments (eg, unblinded studies with self-reported measures for depression).71”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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- Not checked yetcites [71] Richter B, Hemmingsen B. Comparison of the Cochrane risk of bias tool 1 (RoB 1) with the updated Cochrane risk of bias tool 2 (RoB 2). Cochrane; 2021. Report No.: 1. https://community.cochrane.org/sites/default/files/uploads/inline-files/RoB1_2_project_220529_BR%20KK%20formatted.pdf
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“Blinding for exercise interventions may be harder than for drugs23; however, future studies could attempt to blind participants and staff to the study’s hypotheses to avoid expectancy effects.69”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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- Not checked yetcites [23] source
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“The studies we found may be subject to a range of experimental biases.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Similarly, our review was able to integrate evidence that directly compared exercise with other treatment modalities such as SSRIs or psychotherapy, while also informing estimates using indirect evidence (eg, comparing the relative effects of strength training and SSRIs when tested against a waitlist control).”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“But the small number of studies, low number of participants, and biases in the study designs prohibits us from recommending dance more strongly.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“For example, before CONSORT, few authors explicitly described how they generated a random sequence.23”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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- Not checked yetcites [23] source
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“Some of our ratings are for studies published before the proliferation of reporting checklists, so the ratings might be too critical.23”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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- Not checked yetcites [23] source
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In the paper
“Similarly, we planned to use the Cochrane risk of bias (RoB) 1 tool40 so we could use the most recent Cochrane review of exercise and depression12 to calibrate our raters, and because RoB 2 had not yet been published.70”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“We did not exclude grey literature, but our search strategy was not designed to systematically search grey literature or trial registries.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“In low resource or funding constrained settings, group exercise interventions may provide relatively low cost alternatives for patients with depression and for health systems.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Clinical and policy implications
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“Our review found some interesting moderators by age and sex, but these were at the study level rather than individual level—that is, rather than being able to determine whether women engaging in a strength intervention benefit more than men, we could only conclude that studies with more women showed larger effects than studies with fewer women.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Network meta-analyses exist that directly focus on psychotherapy7 and pharmacotherapy,25 and these combined for treating depression.6”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Globally there has been an attempt to reduce stigma associated with seeking treatment for depression.74”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Clinical and policy implications
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- Not checked yetcites [74] source
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“Exercise may support this effort by providing patients with treatment options that carry less stigma.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Clinical and policy implications
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“The same finding applied to age, where studies on older adults were likely adapted specifically to this age group.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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In the paper
“These between study differences may explain the heterogeneity in the effects of interventions, and confounding means our moderators for age and sex should be interpreted cautiously.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Those reviews include more than 500 studies comparing psychological or drug interventions with controls.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Doing so may help bridge the gap in treatment coverage by increasing the range of first line options for patients and health systems.9”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Clinical and policy implications
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- Not checked yetcites [9] source
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“Our findings support the inclusion of exercise as part of clinical practice guidelines for depression, particularly vigorous intensity exercise.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Clinical and policy implications
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In the paper
“These studies may have been tailored towards women, so effects may be subject to confounding, as both sex and intervention may have changed.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Strengths, limitations, and future directions
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“Therefore, effective exercise modalities could be considered alongside those intervention as core treatments for depression.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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“The World Health Organization recommends physical activity for everyone, including those with chronic conditions and disabilities,75 but not everyone can access treatment easily.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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- Not checked yetcites [75] source
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“Many patients may have physical, psychological, or social barriers to participation.”
§ Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials > Discussion > Conclusions
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The authors state this as an assumption.
The network meta-analysis assumes transitivity: the only systematic difference between arms is the treatment, not other confounders.
“Incoherence provides some evidence the network may violate the assumption of transitivity: that the only systematic difference between arms is the treatment, not other confounders.”
“The results of the global test design-by-treatment interaction model were not statistically significant, supporting the assumption of transitivity (χ2=94.92, df=75, P=0.06).”
The paper relies on this without support.
Exercise interventions can be grouped into homogenous nodes for network meta-analysis.
“These trials could be included because network meta-analysis methods allows for the grouping of those interventions into homogenous nodes.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The observed effect sizes correspond to clinically significant improvements for patients.
“practitioners can expect patients to experience clinically significant effects from walking, running, yoga, qigong, strength training, and mixed aerobic exercise.”
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“These include physical activity/exercise, dietary modification, adequate sleep and social interaction, as well as mindfulness-based meditation, all of which have shown treatment efficacy in separate clinical trials of depression [4–16].”
From Personalized machine learning guided intervention for optimizing lifestyle behaviors in depression: a pilot study (2026) · cites this paper as [11]
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“Description of each 6-week iMAP in either sleep/ exercise/ diet/ social connection domain is provided in Supplementary Methods section S.5 and is grounded in evidence-based intervention protocols in these lifestyle domains in the context of depression [5, 6, 8, 11, 16, 68–70].”
From Personalized machine learning guided intervention for optimizing lifestyle behaviors in depression: a pilot study (2026) · cites this paper as [11]
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“Lifestyle targeted behavioral interventions in depression have typically shown small-to-medium effect sizes of ~0.3–0.5 [4–16], while the placebo effect of behavioral interventions are even smaller ~0.2 in RCTs [101, 102].”
From Personalized machine learning guided intervention for optimizing lifestyle behaviors in depression: a pilot study (2026) · cites this paper as [11]
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“And for depression, exercise is effective in proportion to the intensity prescribed.”
From A narrative review of anxiety regulation in PhD students based on Green model (2024) · cites this paper as Noetel et al., 2024
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“Strength training and yoga seem to be the most acceptable modalities (Noetel et al., 2024).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Noetel, M., Sanders, T., Gallardo-Gómez, D., Taylor, P., del Pozo Cruz, B., van den Hoek, D., Smith, J. J., Mahoney, J., Spathis, J., Moresi, M., Pagano, R., Pagano, L., Vasconcellos, R., Arnott, H., Varley, B., Parker, P., Biddle, S., & Lonsdale, C.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Clinical Biomechanics and Sports Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Petrie, QLD, Australia
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Noetel, Michael
- ORCID
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2024-02-14
- Volume
- 384
- Pages
- e075847
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10870815
- OpenAlex
- W4391847428
- Cited by
- 707
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 303 · 2025: 286 · 2024: 118
- FWCI
- 40.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2024-05-28)
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- RODIN (Universidad de Cádiz) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- exercise therapy, major depressive disorder, exercise dose-response, walking and jogging, yoga, resistance training, Tai Chi, qigong, aerobic exercise, antidepressants, psychotherapy, treatment acceptability, comorbidities, expectancy effects, publication bias, risk of bias assessment
- MeSH terms
- Antidepressive Agents, Major Depressive Disorder, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Psychotherapy, Yoga, Exercise, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Treatment Outcome
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Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
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