A longitudinal study on depressive symptoms and physical activity during the Spanish lockdown

  1. José Antonio Cecchini 1
  2. Alejandro Carriedo 1
  3. Javier Fernández-Río 1
  4. Antonio Méndez-Giménez 1
  5. Carmen González 1
  6. Beatriz Sánchez-Martínez 1
  7. Pablo Rodríguez-González 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Journal:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 21

Issue: 1

Pages: 10-19

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2020.09.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Background/Objective: The aim was to evaluate the evolution of depressive symptoms and to explore the influence of physical activity (PA) practice during the home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain. Method: Information was collected from 595 confined participants who reported personal and contextual information, depressive symptoms and PA levels at four time points. Results: The changes in depressive symptoms were analyzed using a linear mixed model with cubic splines. Results showed a significant increase, with a significant rise between T1 and T2 (OR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.83-3.10). It continued growing until T4 (OR = 2.93, 95% CI = 1.97-4.38). A negative relationship was observed between the increase in depressive symptoms and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels, with a significant slope up to 4 hours of MVPA per week (OR = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.29-0.90) that tended to increase until 16 hours per week of MVPA (OR = 0.41, 95% CI = 0.20-0.87). Conclusions: Results from a partition model showed that moderate intensity of PA could be enough to prevent an increase of depressive symptoms during home isolation.

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