Exercise in prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression among children and young people

作者：Lillebeth Larun, Lena Victoria Nordheim, Eilin Ekeland, Kåre Birger Hagen, Frode Heian · 发表于：Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 年份：2006 · DOI：10.1002/14651858.cd004691.pub2 · 被引用次数：497 · 研究领域：Physical Activity and Health、Sport Psychology and Performance、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are common psychological disorders for children and adolescents. Psychological (e.g. psychotherapy), psychosocial (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy) and biological (e.g. SSRIs or tricyclic drugs) treatments are the most common treatments being offered. The large variety of therapeutic interventions give rise to questions of clinical effectiveness and side effects. Physical exercise is inexpensive with few, if any, side effects. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of exercise interventions in reducing or preventing anxiety or depression in children and young people up to 20 years of age. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (latest issue available), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ERIC and Sportdiscus up to August 2005. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised trials of vigorous exercise interventions for children and young people up to the age of 20, with outcome measures for depression and anxiety. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two authors independently selected trials for inclusion, assessed methodological quality and extracted data. The trials were combined using meta-analysis methods. A narrative synthesis was performed when the reported data did not allow statistical pooling. MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen studies with a total of 1191 participants between 11 and 19 years of age were included.Eleven trials compared vigourous exercise versus no intervention in a general population of children. Six studies reporting anxiety ...