Exercise and Mental State of Depressed Patients

Table 1 Assignment: Research Question and literature
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Table 1 Assignment: Research Question and literature
Depression, a potentially debilitating mental problem, is ravaging the world at unprecedented rates. Statistics reveal that depression affects almost 4.4 percent of the global population (World Health Organization, 2017). Conversely, the National Institute of Mental Health (2019) report concedes that women aged 18 and 25 years are susceptible to contracting depression. More appalling is the considerable amount of money being utilized to address the health problem. The startling statistics linked to depression compels health stakeholders and scholars to research ideal approaches to dealing with the menace in its entirety to ensure optimum health is guaranteed. One question that stands out for contention is how does a daily 30-minute walk help in alleviating depression?
Search Terms
Online databases contain a plethora of studies, and some are related in one way or another. It was necessary, therefore, to use terms that were focused on the research question posed earlier. The literature was advanced by using the following pair of keywords:
1 Aerobics, depression management
2 Impact, exercise, the role of a daily walk
3 Depression management, qualitative research, exercise
Literature
Morres et al. (2019) strive to understand how aerobic exercise impacts patients suffering from major depression. Meta-analysis and systematic review approaches have been used. The meta-analysis approach aimed to understand the antidepressant impacts of aerobic exercise mainly focused on groups aged 18 and 65. Randomized tests were conducted for at least 45 minutes while recording the results thrice a week, and the entire program lasted for nine weeks. The overall conclusion from the study is aerobic exercise has a positive link with depression management. This study is critical because it presents outcomes that are significant in answering the proposed research question. Apart from sharing substantial results related to the research question, the study poses some inconsistencies that must be addressed. There is a need to include more age groups of people, for example, individuals above 6...