Effects of exercise on depressive symptoms in adults with arthritis and other rheumatic disease: a systematic review of meta-analyses

Table 1 General characteristics of included meta-analyses

Reference	Year	Studies	Participants	Interventions
Busch et al.[30]	2007	6	294 primarily women (154 exercise, 137 control), all with fibromyalgia, 33–50 years of age $(\bar{X} \pm SD, 41.1 \pm 5.2)$	Supervised/unsupervised aerobic and strength training interventions lasting 6 to 23 weeks $(\bar{X} \pm SD, 14 \pm 7 weeks)$ , frequency (2-5x week), duration (18–90 minutes per session), intensity (aerobic, 40% -75% HRR; strength, 40%-80% 1RM)
Hauser et al.[37]	2010	18	870 primarily women (456 exercise, 414 control), all with fibromyalgia, 35–56 years of age $(\bar{X} \pm SD, 46.6 \pm 5.2)$	Supervised/unsupervised aerobic exercise lasting 6–26 weeks $(\bar{X} \pm SD, 13 \pm 6)$ , frequency $(1 - 7 x week, \bar{X} \pm SD, 3 \pm 1)$ , duration $(15 - 45 minutes per session, \bar{X} \pm SD, 31 \pm 10)$ , intensity (40%-85% MHR), compliance $(38 % - 92 %, \bar{X} \pm SD, 62 \pm 19)$

Notes: $\bar{X} \pm SD$ , mean ± standard deviation; HRR, heart rate reserve; RM, repetition maximum, MHR, maximum heart rate; Description of meta-analyses limited to those related to depressive symptoms as the outcome; Data presented limited to that which was reported or could be calculated from reported data.

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