Media release
From:
JAMA
About The Study: In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 33 observational studies involving 96,000 adults, higher daily step counts were associated with fewer depressive symptoms in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in the general adult population. Further prospective cohort studies are needed to clarify the potential protective role of daily steps in mitigating the risk of depression during adulthood.
Journal/
conference:
JAMA Network Open
Organisation/s:
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Funder:
This study was supported by grants 2020-PREDUCLM-16746 from the University of Castilla-La
Mancha (Dr Bizzozero-Peroni), cofinanced by the European Social Fund; POS_EXT_2023 _1_175630 from the
National Agency for Research and Innovation (Ms Díaz-Goñi); and 2022-UNIVERS-11373 from the University of
Castilla-La Mancha (Ms Rodríguez-Gutiérrez). The research group leading this study (Dr Bizzozero-Peroni, Mss
Díaz-Goñi and Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Dr Sequí-Domínguez, Dr Núñez de Arenas-Arroyo, and Drs Martínez-Vizcaíno
and Mesas) received award RD21/0016/0025 on the call for the creation of Health Outcomes-Oriented
Cooperative Research Networks from the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and is supported by
the Carlos III Health Institute, the European Regional Development Fund, and the European Union’s Next
Generation EU initiative.