Open AccessPhysical Exercise Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms Among Elderly Chinese Women: Focus on Exercise Components
Author(s) -
Yufei Chen,
Cong Huang,
Qiang Gong,
Feng Guo,
Wang Li,
Luyao Zhang,
Xianfeng Cai,
Yongxiang Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s309949
Subject(s) - physical activity , alternative medicine , medicine , depressive symptoms , focus (optics) , gerontology , physical therapy , focus group , physical exercise , depression (economics) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , sociology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics , physics , anthropology , optics
Several studies have investigated the association between physical exercise and depressive symptoms in the elderly population. However, the relationship between components of physical exercise such as frequency, intensity, duration, and depressive symptoms remains unclear. This study was conducted on elderly Chinese women to investigate the association between each component of physical exercise and depressive symptoms and to examine the association between physical exercise patterns and depressive symptoms.