Fitness, body composition, and depressive symptoms in healthy and depressed adults and older adults
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description: Depression affects around 300 million people worldwide, and it is expected that will be the world's leading disease burden by 2030. Indeed, 13% of the Spanish population aged 15 and over presented depressive symptoms, with a higher impact on women. The frequency of symptoms rises more steeply with aging affecting approximately 24% of older adults. Suffering from depressive symptoms or diagnosed depression is related to other pathologies and health problems. Thus, it is crucial to find strategies to mitigate and protect against this problem in adults and older adults. On the other hand, health-related physical fitness has been demonstrated scientifically to have psychological benefits and, it could be an effective and side-effect-free method of preventing depressive symptoms. In consequence, determining the relation of each component of fitness and different indicators of body composition with depressive symptoms may have an impact on public health and future interventions focused on improving fitness and body composition since they are modifiable risk factors. Moreover, the research on the population with a diagnosis of depression is even scarcer, so it is a priority to know the relationship in this case as well. Therefore, the general aim of this International Doctoral Thesis was to investigate the relationship of fitness components and body composition with depressive symptoms in healthy and depressed adults and older adults. To achieve this objective, three studies have been conducted, a systematic review (Study I) and, cross-sectional data from the INTERMAE (Study II) and SONRIE (Study III) studies. In Study I, systematic searches were conducted in PubMed and Web of Science. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies were included if they measured at least one fitness component and depressive symptoms indicator in healthy and/or depressed adults or older adults (18 years and over). In Study II, ninety-two older adults (42 females, 68 ± 3 years) were included. Fitn…
abstract: Depression affects around 300 million people worldwide, and it is expected that will be the world's leading disease burden by 2030. Indeed, 13% of the Spanish population aged 15 and over presented depressive symptoms, with a higher impact on women. The frequency of symptoms rises more steeply with aging affecting approximately 24% of older adults. Suffering from depressive symptoms or diagnosed depression is related to other pathologies and health problems. Thus, it is crucial to find strategies to mitigate and protect against this problem in adults and older adults. On the other hand, health-related physical fitness has been demonstrated scientifically to have psychological benefits and, it could be an effective and side-effect-free method of preventing depressive symptoms. In consequence, determining the relation of each component of fitness and different indicators of body composition with depressive symptoms may have an impact on public health and future interventions focused on improving fitness and body composition since they are modifiable risk factors. Moreover, the research on the population with a diagnosis of depression is even scarcer, so it is a priority to know the relationship in this case as well. Therefore, the general aim of this International Doctoral Thesis was to investigate the relationship of fitness components and body composition with depressive symptoms in healthy and depressed adults and older adults. To achieve this objective, three studies have been conducted, a systematic review (Study I) and, cross-sectional data from the INTERMAE (Study II) and SONRIE (Study III) studies. In Study I, systematic searches were conducted in PubMed and Web of Science. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies were included if they measured at least one fitness component and depressive symptoms indicator in healthy and/or depressed adults or older adults (18 years and over). In Study II, ninety-two older adults (42 females, 68 ± 3 years) were included. Fitn…
author: Ortega Gómez, Sonia
language: eng
keywords: Depression, physical fitness, body composition, prevention, Depresión, condición física, composición corporal, prevención
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
date published: 2023
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:29:38Z
provider: Universidad de Cadiz
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Universidad de Cadiz

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