Effect of exercise on depression severity in older people: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-185

  Bridle, Christopher ^a   Spanjers, Kathleen ^a   Patel, Shilpa ^a   Atherton, Nicola M ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865849584     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.095174     Document Type: Review

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