Table 3.
Summary data on the effects of physical activity interventions on anxiety for a range of clinical conditions, including the number of reviews, studies and participants covered; and the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile for standardised mean differences
| Condition | Reviews | RCTs* | Participants† | Standardised mean difference | ||
| 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | ||||
| Arthritis | 2 | 29 | 1859 | –0.63 | –0.52 | –0.40 |
| Cancer | 12 | 72 | 4955 | –0.50 | –0.24 | 0.06 |
| Blood | 1 | 3 | 249 | 0.18 | ||
| Breast | 7 | 46 | 2862 | –0.72 | –0.53 | 0.44 |
| Colorectal | 1 | 4 | 98 | –0.11 | ||
| Lung | 1 | 6 | 695 | –0.26 | ||
| Non-specific | 2 | 13 | 951 | –0.21 | –0.05 | 0.17 |
| Chronis obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 | 14 | 1067 | –0.76 | –0.55 | –0.33 |
| General population | 2 | 7 | 2781 | –0.99 | –0.85 | –0.70 |
| HIV/AIDS | 1 | 5 | 185 | –1.23 | ||
| Kidney disease | 2 | 4 | 246 | –0.78 | –0.78 | –0.78 |
| Mental disorders | 6 | 40 | >2133 | –0.59 | –0.43 | –0.34 |
| Anxiety | 3 | 25 | >1197 | –0.54 | –0.43 | –0.41 |
| Cognitive impairment | 1 | 3 | 210 | –0.33 | ||
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 2 | 9 | >101 | –0.59 | –0.44 | –0.30 |
| Schizophrenia | 1 | 3 | 94 | –0.26 | ||
| Substance abuse disorder | 1 | 7 | 741 | –0.31 | ||
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 | 4 | 133 | –0.16 | ||
*Reviews may have included overlapping randomised controlled trials.
†Randomised controlled trials may have included overlapping participants.
RCTs, randomised controlled trials.