Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Impact of physical exercise on quality of life of older adults with depression or Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

O impacto do exercício físico na qualidade de vida de idosos com depressão ou com doença de Alzheimer: uma revisão sistemática

Bianca Boscarino Tavares; Helena Moraes; Andrea Camaz Deslandes; Jerson Laks

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2013-0064 Trends Psychiatry Psychother, vol.36, n3, p.134-139, 2014
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Physical exercise has been associated with improvement of quality of live (QoL), but its effect among the elderly with depression and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still unclear. This systematic review evaluated randomized and controlled studies about the effect of physical exercise on QoL of older individuals with a clinical diagnosis of depression and AD.METHODS:We searched PubMed, ISI, SciELO and Scopus from December 2011 to June 2013 using the following keywords: physical exercise, quality of life, elderly, depression, Alzheimer's disease. Only six studies met inclusion criteria: two examined patients with AD and four, patients with depression.RESULTS: The studies used different methods to prescribe exercise and evaluate QoL, but all had high quality methods. Findings of most studies with individuals with depression suggested that exercise training improved QoL, but studies with patients with AD had divergent results.CONCLUSIONS: Although different methods were used, results suggested that physical exercise is an effective non-pharmacological intervention to improve the QoL of elderly individuals with depression and AD. Future studies should investigate the effect of other factors, such as the use of specific scales for the elderly, controlled exercise prescriptions and type of control groups.

Keywords

Quality of life, elderly, depression, Alzheimer's disease

Resumo

INTRODUÇÃO: O exercício físico parece estar relacionado à melhora na qualidade de vida (QdV), mas seus efeitos em populações de indivíduos idosos com depressão ou Doença de Alzheimer (DA) ainda não foram estabelecidos. Esta revisão sistemática avaliou estudos controlados randomizados sobre os efeitos do exercício físico sobre a QdV em idosos com diagnóstico clínico de depressão e DA.MÉTODOS: Foi feita uma busca nas bases de dados PubMed, ISI, SciELO e Scopus de dezembro de 2011 a junho de 2013 usando os seguintes descritores: exercício físico, qualidade de vida, idosos, depressão, doença de Alzheimer. Apenas seis estudos satisfizeram os critérios de inclusão: Dois com pacientes com DA e quatro com pacientes com depressão.RESULTADOS: Os estudos adotaram metodologias diferentes de prescrição de exercícios e avaliação de QdV, mas todos preencheram os requisitos de alta qualidade metodológica. Os resultados da maioria dos estudos com idosos com depressão sugerem que a QdV melhora com o treinamento físico, mas os estudos com pacientes com DA tiveram resultados divergentes.CONCLUSÕES: Apesar de os estudos usarem metodologias diferentes, seus resultados sugerem que os exercícios físicos são uma intervenção não-farmacológica efetiva para melhorar a QdV entre idosos com depressão e DA. Estudos futuros devem investigar os efeitos de outros fatores, tais como o uso de questionários específicos para idosos, a prescrição controlada de exercícios, e o tipo de grupo controle.

Palavras-chave

qualidade de vida, idosos, depressão, doença de Alzheimer

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