Title
Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Reported Depression in College Students
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-18-2019
Publication Title
Frontiers in Physiology
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Volume
10
First page number:
1
Last page number:
9
Abstract
Depression is a serious but treatable health issue that affects college students at an alarming rate. Improved cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) decreases depression risk and severity but this relationship has not been fully evaluated in the college student population. Non-exercise estimated CRF (eCRF) could be used to identify students at risk for or suffering from depression. This study investigated the associations of depression and eCRF in college students. Participants (N = 437) completed a survey which included demographic and student-status questions, eCRF variables, and a validated depression instrument. Descriptive, chi-square, t-test, regression, and odds ratio analyses were employed. Depression was associated with low-fitness (X2 = 4.660, P = 0.031) and eCRF below age-predicted CRF (t = 3.28, P... (see full abstract in article).
Keywords
Depression; College student; Estimated cardiorespiratory fitness; Diversity; University
Disciplines
Community Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health
File Format
File Size
265 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Jalene, S.,
Pharr, J.,
Shan, G.,
Poston, B.
(2019).
Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Reported Depression in College Students.
Frontiers in Physiology, 10
1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01191