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Exercise dose and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19204218     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Improved quality of life (QOL) is a purported benefit of exercise, but few randomized controlled trials and no dose-response trials have been conducted to examine this assertion.
METHODS: The effect of 50%, 100%, and 150% of the physical activity recommendation on QOL was examined in a 6-month randomized controlled trial. Participants were 430 sedentary postmenopausal women (body mass index range, 25.0-43.0 [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) with elevated systolic blood pressure randomized to a nonexercise control group (n = 92) or 1 of 3 exercise groups: exercise energy expenditure of 4 (n = 147), 8 (n = 96), or 12 (n = 95) kilocalories per kilogram of body weight per week. Eight aspects of physical and mental QOL were measured at baseline and month 6 with the use of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey.
RESULTS: Change in all mental and physical aspects of QOL, except bodily pain, was dose dependent (trend analyses were significant, and exercise dose was a significant predictor of QOL change; P < .05). Higher doses of exercise were associated with larger improvements in mental and physical aspects of QOL. Controlling for weight change did not attenuate the exercise-QOL association.
CONCLUSION: Exercise-induced QOL improvements were dose dependent and independent of weight change.
Authors:
Corby K Martin; Timothy S Church; Angela M Thompson; Conrad P Earnest; Steven N Blair
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of internal medicine     Volume:  169     ISSN:  1538-3679     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Intern. Med.     Publication Date:  2009 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-02-10     Completed Date:  2009-03-03     Revised Date:  2010-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372440     Medline TA:  Arch Intern Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  269-78     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. Martin@pbrc.edu
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ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00011193
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
Body Mass Index
Depression / drug therapy,  epidemiology
Employment
Energy Metabolism
Exercise*
Female
Health Status
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Physical Fitness
Postmenopause
Quality of Life*
Systole
Weight Loss
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1K23 DK 068052/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; HL 66262/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K23 DK068052-01A2/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 HL066262-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antidepressive Agents
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