@article{ref1,
title="Home-based physical activity program improves depression and anxiety in older adults",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2018",
author="Aguiñaga, Susan and Ehlers, Diane K. and Salerno, Elizabeth A. and Fanning, Jason and Motl, Robert W. and McAuley, Edward",
volume="15",
number="9",
pages="692-696",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Late-life depression and anxiety among older adults is an important public health concern. This study examined the effect of a DVD-delivered exercise intervention on the secondary outcomes of depression and anxiety in older adults and the extent to which physical self-worth mediated the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and depression and anxiety. <br><br>METHODS: Older adults (N = 307) were randomized to a 6-month flexibility, toning, and balance DVD (FlexToBa™, FTB) or healthy aging DVD control. Self-reported physical activity and questionnaires were administered at baseline and postintervention. Statistical analyses were conducted in the total sample and in a subsample of participants with elevated levels of depression or anxiety. <br><br>RESULTS: FTB participants with elevated depression and anxiety symptoms at baseline had significantly greater reductions in depression and anxiety (d = 1.66 and 2.90) than the control condition (d = 0.77 and 0.73). The effect of physical activity on depression and anxiety was partially mediated by increases in physical self-worth in the total sample but not in those with elevated depression or anxiety. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A home-based physical activity intervention may be a viable treatment for reducing depression and anxiety in older adults with elevated baseline scores.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="10.1123/jpah.2017-0390",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2017-0390"
}