Associations of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior with depressive and anxiety symptoms in self-isolating people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey in Brazil

Felipe B. Schuch, Rugero A. Bulzing, Jacob Meyer, Davy Vancampfort, Joseph Firth, Brendon Stubbs, Igor Grabovac, Peter Willeit, Vagner Deuel O. Tavares, Vitor C. Calegaro, Jeroen Deenik, Guillermo F. López-Sánchez, Nicola Veronese, Cristina M. Caperchione, Kabir P. Sadarangani, Mohammad Abufaraj, Mark A. Tully, Lee Smith

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    Abstract

    This is a cross-sectional study evaluating the associations of self-reported moderate to vigorous physical activity, and sedentary behavior with depressive, anxiety, and co-occurring depressive and anxiety symptoms (D&A) in self-isolating Brazilians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were collected using the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories (BDI and BAI). Among the 937 participants (females=72.3%), those performing ≥30 min/day of moderate to vigorous or ≥15 min/day of vigorous physical activity had lower odds of prevalent depressive, anxiety, and co-occurring D&A symptoms. Those spending ≥10 h/day sedentary were more likely to have depressive symptoms.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number113339
    Pages (from-to)1-4
    Number of pages4
    JournalPsychiatry research
    Volume292
    Early online date27 Jul 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 1 Oct 2020

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study was part financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. Joseph Firth is supported by a University of Manchester Presidential Fellowship ( P123958 ) and a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship ( MR/T021780/1 ). Brendon Stubbs is supported by a Clinical Lectureship (ICA-CL-2017–03–001) jointly funded by Health Education England (HEE) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Brendon Stubbs is part funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the (partner organization), the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. Mark Tully is partly supported by funding as Director of the Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network by the Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland).

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    © 2020 Elsevier B.V.

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    Keywords

    • Covid-19
    • Depression
    • Physical activity

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