Effect of physical activity on sleep quality in patients with major depression disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

چکیده مقاله

Patients with major depressive disorders (MDD) who exercise report better quality of sleep, but there is a need for more conclusive evidence. This systematic review sought to gather data only from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that looked at how physical activity affects the quality of sleep in patients with MDD. Three e-databases (Web of Sciences, Scopus, and PubMed) were searched for relevant RCTs in January 2021. Ten RCTs (768 participants) with a total of 24 articles were deemed eligible, including RCTs with clinically diagnosed MDD. Across the studies, physical activity was found to improve sleep quality among people with MDD. However, the limitations of this systematic review include the few available trials, the small number of samples with clinically diagnosed MDD patients, and the wide range of exercise modalities. The physical activity enhanced sleep quality in people with MDD, especially in RCTs with 150 min per week moderate intensity interventions. Although more RCTs are required to examine the effects of physical activity among people with MDD, these findings are clinically useful. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.