Exercise proves to be ineffective against care home depression

Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London demonstrate that exercise isn't successful in reducing burden of depression among aged care home residents. Exercise is really a low risk involvement that can improve mental health however the results of a Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme research, published in The Lancet, consider that there is a necessity for alternative approaches to decrease the stress of depression in frail, really elderly, care home residents. The big randomised controlled trial wanted to find out whether a treatment that blended a twice-weekly, averagely rigorous exercise periods over the length of a year and promotion of physical activity by care home staff would reduce depression. Over 1000 residents were recruited from 78 UK care domiciles. Not quite 50% of the frail elderly care home residents employed to the study were suffering from depression. The treatment was well received in the houses, and popular with residents nonetheless it had no effect on depression, or residentsa common quality of life. Martin Underwood, Professor of Primary Care Research at the research team was led by Warwick Medical School, who, said, We are disappointed that this exercise treatment had no influence on the of depression with the care home residents. We know that antidepressants are helpful for more severely depressed individuals, while preventive methods such as increased social involvement and mental stimulation are encouraging but confirmed unproven. New approaches are demonstrably needed to address the major burden of depression in this most needy population. I would stress that these results only apply to treatment house residents and only to depression; there's without doubt that exercise increases fitness and physical health in trimmer elderly people and in younger people. With the amount of people requiring residential care believed to keep increasing year on year, it is ever more important that people have access to effective treatments to improve their mental health. Stephanie Taylor, Professor in Public Health and Primary Care at Queen Mary, added, aWhile the input was however not successful in decreasing the presence of depressive symptoms in this population, with almost half of the people in our study featuring depressive symptoms we're confident that this may initiate further investigation around understanding and enhancing the lives of seniors in treatment homes.a ### University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Tel: +44( 0 )24 7652 3523 Fax: +44 (0 )24 7646 1606 Provided by ArmMed Media Now you come in people review zone. Here are some is not Armenian Medical Network's stuff; it arises from other folks and we do not vouch for it. A reminder: By using this Web site you agree to take our Terms of Service. Click here to learn the Principles of Engagement. You can find no comments because of this access yet. [ + Comment here + ]

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