Audience Feedback on the Presentation Concerning Physical Exercises in Managing MDD

Capstone Project Change Proposal Presentation
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Capstone Project Change Proposal Presentation
The capstone PowerPoint presentation outlined the effect of a physical exercise intervention on the health outcomes of patients with Major Depressive Order (MDD). As a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder, studies have documented its significant impact on patients' quality of life and socio-economic costs or burden (Gao et al., 2018). Consequently, as (Grieken et al., 2018) shows, there is a growing interest among patients, family, healthcare workers, and policymakers to pursue more cost-effective ways, i.e., self-management strategies to facilitate recovery from MDD and minimize healthcare burden. Indeed, patients generally perceive physical activities as the most helpful self-management strategy in aiding their recovery from depression. Besides, although significant research indicates physical exercise to be beneficial in alleviating depressive symptoms, examination of the effectiveness of various exercises to achieve this goal is limited (Al-Qahtani et al., 2018). Thus, the presentation summarized the capstone project's objective of evaluating the suitability and effectiveness of physical exercises/activities managing MDD and outlined the required human, financial, and technical resources. Furthermore, the presentation briefly described the project's anticipated measurable outcomes and methods of evaluation.
The feedback from the audience was generally positive especially considering the socio-...