Physical activity and depression: a large cross-sectional, population-based study across 36 low- and middle-income countries

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 546-556

  Stubbs, Brendon ^a,b   Koyanagi, A ^c,d   Schuch, F B ^e   Firth, J ^f   Rosenbaum, S ^g   Veronese, N ^h   Solmi, M ^h   Mugisha, J ^i,j   Vancampfort, D ^k,l  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^j Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^k KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

depression; exercise; major depression; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMOROS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INDIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; LAOS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALAYSIA; MALE; MAURITIUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MEXICO; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYANMAR; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; PAIN; PAKISTAN; PARAGUAY; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; TUNISIA; URUGUAY; VIET NAM; VISUAL DISORDER; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994904828     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12654     Document Type: Article

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