@article{ref1,
title="Regular exercise and depressive symptoms in Korean older adults",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Cho, Sung-Il and Kim, Young-Mee",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="e303-e303",
abstract="Prior studies have found that exercise has a positive effect on depressive symptoms in the general population. For older individuals, however, the association between  exercise and depressive symptoms is conclusive. We examined whether regular exercise  is related to depressive symptoms in 5379 Korean adults aged ≥ 55 years using data  from a 2016 survey administered in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. We used  the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale to assess depressive  symptoms. We performed a multivariate logistic regression analysis to investigate  the relationship between regular exercise and depressive symptoms, adjusting for  sociodemographic characteristics, self-rated health, number of chronic diseases,  body mass index, hand-grip strength, physical disability, cognitive impairment, and  health behavior. Interaction terms, including regular exercise and health-related  factors, were also added. We found that a lack of regular exercise was significantly  related to an increased frequency of depressive symptoms (OR = 1.18, 95% CI =  1.03-1.35). Moreover, hand-grip strength may increase the effect of regular exercise  on depressive symptoms in individuals 65 years and older (OR = 1.01 vs. 1.70, 95% CI  = 1.05-1.96). Our results suggest that it is important to encourage older  individuals to exercise regularly as a means of relieving depressive symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18010303",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010303"
}