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Abstract

Worldwide, depressive disorder is one of the leading determinants of disability-adjusted life years. Although there are benefits associated with a higher physical activity (PA) level, there is a lack of information related to this relationship, especially in countries such as Czechia, where modern approaches to mental health care only recently emerged. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between the level of depression and different PA levels following the World Health Organization (WHO) PA guidelines and according to specific symptoms that indicate depression. Multivariable-adjusted Poisson regression models were used to calculate the prevalence rate (PR) in a sample of 2123 participants (45.3% men, median 48 years). Compared to subjects with insufficient PA, moderate and high PA levels were inversely associated with continuous depression scores (PR = 0.85; 95% CI: 0.75–0.97; and PR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.70–0.92). Depressed mood and worthlessness were the symptoms associated with moderate and high PA. Tiredness, change in appetite, and concentration problems were related to high PA. The results suggest that reaching the minimum PA target according to the guidelines seems to be effective, and this could stimulate adherence. However, more specific improvements in symptomatology will require a subsequent gradual increase in PA levels.

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Title
Association of Self-Reported Depression Symptoms with Physical Activity Levels in Czechia
Author
Maranhao Neto, Geraldo A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lattari, Eduardo 2 ; Bruno Ribeiro Ramalho Oliveira 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Polcrova, Anna Bartoskova 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Infante-Garcia, Maria M 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kunzova, Sarka 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Stokin, Gorazd B 1 ; Gonzalez-Rivas, Juan P 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne’s University Hospital (FNUSA), 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic 
 Postgraduate Program in Physical Activity Sciences (PGCAF), Salgado de Oliveira University, Niterói 24030-060, Brazil 
 Department of Physical, Education and Sports, Physical Activity, Health, and Performance Research Laboratory, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica 23890-000, Brazil 
 International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne’s University Hospital (FNUSA), 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic 
 International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne’s University Hospital (FNUSA), 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Foundation for Clinic, Public Health, and Epidemiology Research of Venezuela (FISPEVEN INC), Caracas 3001, Venezuela 
 International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne’s University Hospital (FNUSA), 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Foundation for Clinic, Public Health, and Epidemiology Research of Venezuela (FISPEVEN INC), Caracas 3001, Venezuela; Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02138, USA 
First page
14319
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2734634749
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.