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Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Psychopathology and side effects of antipsychotic drugs contribute to worsening physical health and long-term disability, and increasing the risk of mortality in these patients. The efficacy of exercise on these factors is not fully understood, and this lack of knowledge may hamper the r...

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Autores principales: Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel, Noetel, Michael, Álvarez-Barbosa, Francisco, Alfonso-Rosa, Rosa María, Ramos-Munell, Javier, del Pozo Cruz, Borja, del Pozo-Cruz, Jesús
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.24
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author Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel
Noetel, Michael
Álvarez-Barbosa, Francisco
Alfonso-Rosa, Rosa María
Ramos-Munell, Javier
del Pozo Cruz, Borja
del Pozo-Cruz, Jesús
author_facet Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel
Noetel, Michael
Álvarez-Barbosa, Francisco
Alfonso-Rosa, Rosa María
Ramos-Munell, Javier
del Pozo Cruz, Borja
del Pozo-Cruz, Jesús
author_sort Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel
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description BACKGROUND: Psychopathology and side effects of antipsychotic drugs contribute to worsening physical health and long-term disability, and increasing the risk of mortality in these patients. The efficacy of exercise on these factors is not fully understood, and this lack of knowledge may hamper the routine application of physical activity as part of the clinical care of schizophrenia. AIMS: To determine the effect of exercise on psychopathology and other clinical markers in patients with schizophrenia. We also looked at several moderators. METHOD: MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched from inception to October 2022. Randomized controlled trials of exercise interventions in patients 18–65 years old diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder were included. A multilevel random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to pool the data. Heterogeneity at each level of the meta-analysis was estimated via Cochran’s Q, I(2), and R(2). RESULTS: Pooled effect estimates from 28 included studies (1,460 patients) showed that exercise is effective to improve schizophrenia psychopathology (Hedges’ g = 0.28, [95% CI 0.14, 0.42]). Exercise presented stronger effects in outpatients than inpatients. We also found exercise is effective to improve muscle strength and self-reported disability. CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis demonstrated that exercise could be an important part in the management and treatment of schizophrenia. Considering the current evidence, aerobic and high-intensity interval training exercises may provide superior benefits over other modalities. However, more studies are warranted to determine the optimal type and dose of exercise to improve clinical outcomes in people with schizophrenia.
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spelling pubmed-103053212023-06-29 Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel Noetel, Michael Álvarez-Barbosa, Francisco Alfonso-Rosa, Rosa María Ramos-Munell, Javier del Pozo Cruz, Borja del Pozo-Cruz, Jesús Eur Psychiatry Review/Meta-analysis BACKGROUND: Psychopathology and side effects of antipsychotic drugs contribute to worsening physical health and long-term disability, and increasing the risk of mortality in these patients. The efficacy of exercise on these factors is not fully understood, and this lack of knowledge may hamper the routine application of physical activity as part of the clinical care of schizophrenia. AIMS: To determine the effect of exercise on psychopathology and other clinical markers in patients with schizophrenia. We also looked at several moderators. METHOD: MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched from inception to October 2022. Randomized controlled trials of exercise interventions in patients 18–65 years old diagnosed with schizophrenia disorder were included. A multilevel random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to pool the data. Heterogeneity at each level of the meta-analysis was estimated via Cochran’s Q, I(2), and R(2). RESULTS: Pooled effect estimates from 28 included studies (1,460 patients) showed that exercise is effective to improve schizophrenia psychopathology (Hedges’ g = 0.28, [95% CI 0.14, 0.42]). Exercise presented stronger effects in outpatients than inpatients. We also found exercise is effective to improve muscle strength and self-reported disability. CONCLUSIONS: Our meta-analysis demonstrated that exercise could be an important part in the management and treatment of schizophrenia. Considering the current evidence, aerobic and high-intensity interval training exercises may provide superior benefits over other modalities. However, more studies are warranted to determine the optimal type and dose of exercise to improve clinical outcomes in people with schizophrenia. Cambridge University Press 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10305321/ /pubmed/37096668 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.24 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
spellingShingle Review/Meta-analysis
Gallardo-Gómez, Daniel
Noetel, Michael
Álvarez-Barbosa, Francisco
Alfonso-Rosa, Rosa María
Ramos-Munell, Javier
del Pozo Cruz, Borja
del Pozo-Cruz, Jesús
Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort exercise to treat psychopathology and other clinical outcomes in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
topic Review/Meta-analysis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10305321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.24
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