scholarly journals The Benefits of Physical Exercise on Mental Disorders and Quality of Life in Substance Use Disorders Patients. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s):  
Jorge Giménez-Meseguer ◽  
Juan Tortosa-Martínez ◽  
Juan Cortell-Tormo

Physical exercise seems to have a promising effect on numerous variables related to the recovery of drug-dependent patients. However, some contradictions are found in the literature. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis in order to identify the effect of physical exercise on mental disorders, quality of life, abstinence, and craving, and make a comparison of the effect of exercise depending on the type of program. A search for articles was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. Studies were selected that measured the acute effects or long-term effect (≥2 weeks) of exercise in patients who met criteria for alcohol use disorders or substance use disorders. A total of 59 studies were included. An effect of exercise on quality of life and mental disorders was identified. Subgroup analysis revealed an effect of exercise on stress (SMD = 1.11 (CI: 0.31, 1.91); z = 2.73; p = 0.006), anxiety (SMD = 0.50 (CI: 0.16, 0.84); z = 2.88; p = 0.004) and depression (SMD = 0.63 (CI: 0.34, 0.92); z = 4.31; p < 0.0001), and an effect of exercise on the eight variables included in the SF36 test. The results also showed a trend towards a positive effect on craving (SMD = 0.89 (CI: −0.05, 1.82); z = 1.85, p = 0.06). Body–mind activities and programs based on improving physical conditions produced similar results in mental disorders and quality of life. Available evidence indicates that physical exercise, both body–mind and physical fitness programs, can be effective in improving mental disorders, craving, and quality of life in drug-dependent patients.

Author(s):  
Júlio Araújo Rendeiro ◽  
Cesar Augusto Medeiros Paiva Rodrigues ◽  
Letícia de Barros Rocha ◽  
Rodrigo Santiago Barbosa Rocha ◽  
Marianne Lucena da Silva ◽  
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Author(s):  
Thi Mai Nguyen ◽  
Van Huy Nguyen ◽  
Jin Hee Kim

Office workers are at high risk for many chronic diseases, lowering their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize the effects of physical exercise on HRQOL in office workers with and without health problems using data obtained from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental, and observational studies. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and several grey literature databases, and identified 26 relevant studies for the synthesis. Overall, physical exercise significantly improved general (standardized mean difference (SMD) = 1.05; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66 to 1.44) and mental (SMD = 0.42; 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.66) HRQOL in office workers. Compared with healthy office workers, unhealthy office workers experienced greater improvements in general (unhealthy, SMD = 2.76; 95% CI: 1.63 to 3.89; healthy, SMD = 0.23; 95% CI: −0.09 to 0.56) and physical (unhealthy, SMD = 0.38; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.58; healthy, SMD = −0.20; 95% CI: −0.51 to 0.11) HRQOL. Unsupervised physical exercise significantly improved general and mental HRQOL, while directly supervised physical exercise significantly improved only general HRQOL. Although physical exercise, especially unsupervised physical exercise, should be encouraged to improve HRQOL in office workers, detailed recommendations could not be made because of the diverse exercise types with different intensities. Therefore, further studies are needed to determine the optimal exercise for office workers with different health conditions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Baumeister ◽  
Nico Hutter ◽  
Jürgen Bengel ◽  
Martin Härter

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 339-347
Author(s):  
D Rodríguez Rey ◽  
MA Sanchez-Lastra ◽  
C Ayán Pérez

Objective: Analyze the scientific evidence on the effects that aquatic physical exercise has on people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Material and method: A systematic review was carried out following the checklist Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis Protocols, with the objective of locating the largest number of investigations that aimed to identify the effects of the practice of aquatic physical exercise in people with ERC. A search of the PubMed, PEDro, Scopus and Cochrane databases were carried out until March 2019, using the PEDro, CERT, MINORS and NIH scales to determine the methodological quality of the same. Results: Five investigations were located, two of them were randomized control trials, another two studies comparatives and one was uncontrolled. The mean score and the median obtained after applying PEDro scale were 4 and 4 respectively. All the interventions proposed aerobic exercise programs, being generally of short duration and highly supervised, without any adverse effects arising from their practice. In a large part of the studies, significant effects were observed in physical condition, physiological parameters and quality of life, to a lesser extent. The practice of exercise had no significant impact on either the activity of the disease or the perceived pain in patients. Conclusions: Practice of aquatic exercise is beneficial in people with ERC. More longitudinal studies are needed to assess the impact of aquatic exercises as well as its effect and quality of life in long term.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sihan Peng ◽  
Ziyan Xie ◽  
Xiyu Zhang ◽  
Chunguang Xie ◽  
Jian Kang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a major health crisis that is affecting countries across the world. Patients infected with COVID-19 are often associated with mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders. As a non-drug therapy applied in clinics for many years, music intervention is safe, effective, inexpensive, and devoid of side effects. Yet, there is a distinct lack of evidence to support the use of this technique. In this study, we aim to collect and evaluate the clinical evidence, in order to provide a basis for the efficacy and safety of music intervention in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with mental disorders.Methods: We plan to search a range of electronic databases from inception to the May 2021, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (VIP). All randomized controlled trials featuring music intervention to treat mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, or sleep disorders, for patients with COVID-19, will be included. The primary outcomes will be quantitative scores for anxiety, depression, and sleep disorder. The secondary outcomes will be quality of life and the safety profile of music intervention, including adverse events. Two reviewers will carry out the selection of studies, data extraction independently. The Cochrane risk of bias tool will be used to evaluate the risk of bias for the studies. We will use Review Manager V.5.3 software for data analysis. Subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses are planned to assess the heterogeneity and reliability.Discussion: This is an up-to-date systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of music intervention on mental disorders (anxiety, depression, or sleep disorder) in COVID-19 patients, in order to provide clinicians, researchers, and policy makers, with powerful reference guidelines to facilitate treatment and improve the quality of life in COVID-19 patients with mental disorders.Systematic review registration: OSF 10.17605/OSF.IO/9RCX5


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