Sedentary behavior and anxiety: Association and influential factors among 42,469 community-dwelling adults in six low- and middle-income countries

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-32

  Vancampfort, D ^a,b   Stubbs, B ^c,d,e   Herring, M P ^f   Hallgren, M ^g   Koyanagi, A ^h,i  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Anxiety; Low and middle income countries; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior; Sitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030559678     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.09.006     Document Type: Article

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