Journal article
Physical Activity and Depression in Young Adults
CM McKercher, MD Schmidt, KA Sanderson, GC Patton, T Dwyer, AJ Venn
American Journal of Preventive Medicine | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2009
Abstract
Background: Epidemiologic research suggests that physical activity is associated with decreased prevalence of depression. However, the relationship between physical activity accumulated in various domains and depression remains unclear. Further, previous population-based studies have predominantly utilized self-reported measures of physical activity and depression symptom subscales. Associations between physical activity in various domains (leisure, work, active commuting, yard/household) and depression were examined using both subjective and objective measures of physical activity and a diagnostic measure of depression. Methods: Analyses (conducted in 2007) included data from 1995 young adu..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Childhood Determinants of Adult Health study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research council (ID 211316), the National Heart Foundation, the Tasmanian Community Fund, and Veolia Environmental Services. C. McKercher was supported by a PhD scholarship from the University of Tasmania. K. Sanderson was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Public Health (Australia) Fellowship (ID 290538). M. Schmidt was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship (PH 06H 2817) from the National Heart Foundation (Australia). The authors gratefully acknowledge the study sponsors-Sanitarium, ASICS, and Target-and the contributions of all study staff volunteers, and participants,