Open AccessChanges in depression status in low socioeconomic perinatal subjects in rural India after supervised physical exercise: A randomized controlled study
Author(s) -
Gopal Nambi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.171832
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , physical therapy , socioeconomic status , analysis of variance , quality of life (healthcare) , population , public health , aerobic exercise , environmental health , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Perinatal depression is a major public health problem, affecting up to a quarter of all pregnant women in rural Asean countries and often leads to psychologic symptoms, lower quality of life, and higher health care costs. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of supervised physical exercise on depression level of perinatal subjects.