Table 1.
Characteristics of studies and patients included in the meta-analysis.
| Author, year | Country | study type | Sample size, n(male/total) | Age, years, mean ± SD | type | duration | Single duration | timing | Measuring tools | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| intervention | control | intervention | control | ||||||||
| Liu et al. (17) | China | RCT | 6/10 | 5/10 | 44.3 ± 6.7 | 33.2 ± 7.0 | AE | 12 weeks | 30 min | Intradialytic | BDI-II |
| Tang et al. (18) | China | RCT | 28/42 | 23/42 | 46.26 ± 15.61 | 43.90 ± 12.44 | AE | 12 weeks | 20-30MIN | non-intradialytic | HAD-D |
| Lin et al. (19) | China | RCT | 22/32 | 19/32 | 62.0 ± 9.5 | 62.1 ± 12.3 | AE | 12 weeks | 30MIN | Intradialytic | BDI |
| Zhou et al. (20) | China | nRCT | 35/79 | / | 55.03 ± 10.69 | / | CE | 12 weeks | 30MIN | Intradialytic | HADS |
| Carney et al. (21) | USA | nRCT | 4 | 4 | 38.75 ± 8.02 | 43.25 ± 7.14 | AE | 6 months | / | non-intradialytic | MAACL |
| Carney et al. (22) | USA | RCT | 5/10 | 3/7 | 36.1 ± 3.2 | 40.7 ± 5.3 | AE | 6 months | 45-60MIN | Intradialytic | BDI |
| Zhou et al. (23) | USA | nRCT | 18/37 | 22/36 | 62.7 ± 6.8 | 66.5 ± 10.0 | CE | 4 weeks | 30MIN | Intradialytic | CES-D |
| Kouidi et al. (24) | Greece | RCT | 11/20 | 4/11 | 49.6 ± 12.1 | 52.8 ± 10.2 | CE | 6 months | 90MIN | non-intradialytic | BDI |
| Sakkas et al. (25) | Greece | RCT | 5/7 | 5/7 | 48 ± 14 | 70 ± 11 | AE | 16 weeks | 45MIN | intradialytic | Zung |
| Ouzouni et al. (26) | Greece | RCT | 14/19 | 13/14 | 47.4 ± 15.7 | 50.5 ± 11.7 | CE | 10 months | 60-90 min | Intradialytic | BDI |
| Kouidi et al. (27) | Greece | RCT | 14/24 | 12/20 | 46.3 ± 11.2 | 45.8 ± 10.9 | CE | 12 months | 60-90MIN | Intradialytic | BDI; HADS |
| Giannaki et al. (28) | Greece | RCT | 11/15 | 5/7 | 56.4 ± 12.5 | 56.8 ± 16.5 | AE | 6 months | 45MIN | non-intradialytic | Zung |
| Yabe et al. (29) | Japan | RCT | 14/27 | 15/19 | 75.3 ± 4.4 | 74.3 ± 5.8 | CE | 12 months | 30MIN | Intradialytic | GDS |
| Deus et al. (30) | Brazilian | RCT | 46/81 | 40/76 | 67.27 ± 3.24 | 66.33 ± 3.88 | RT | 6 months | 60MIN | Predialysis | BDI |
| Ortega-Pérez de Villar et al. (31) | Spain | RCT | 15/24 | 14/22 | 62.2 ± 15.0 | 59.3 ± 16.1 | AE | 16 weeks | 20-40MIN | Predialysis | CES-D |
| Dziubek et al. (32) | Poland | RCT | 9/20 | 5/8 | 66.3 ± 13.1 | 56.4 ± 13.6 | CE | 6 months | 50 min | Predialysis | BDI |
| Rezaei et al. (33) | Iran | nRCT | 21/25 | 14/26 | 43.96 ± 7.86 | 42.61 ± 12.67 | CE | 10 weeks | 35MIN | non-intradialytic | BDI |
| Rahimimoghadam et al. (34) | Iran | RCT | 21/25 | 20/25 | 39.1 ± 2.2 | 38.4 ± 1.8 | AE | 8 weeks | 45MIN | non-intradialytic | GHQ-28 |
| Rhee et al. (35) | Korea | nRCT | 9/22 | / | 57.0 ± 12.4 | / | CE | 6 months | 40-50 min | Intradialytic | BDI |
| van Vilsteren et al. (36) | The Netherlands | RCT | 33/53 | 30/43 | 52 ± 15 | 58 ± 16 | CE | 12 weeks | 40MIN | Predialysis | SDS |
| Cheema et al. (37) | New Zealand | RCT | 17/24 | 17/25 | 60.0 ± 15.3 | 65.0 ± 12.9 | RT | 12 weeks | / | Intradialytic | GDS |
| Levendoğlu et al. (38) | Turkey | nRCT | 8/14 | / | 33.1 ± 13.1 | / | AE | 12 weeks | 90MIN | non-intradialytic | BDI |
AE, aerobic exercise; CE, combined exercise; RT, resistance training; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; Zung, the self-rating depression scale developed by Zung; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depressive Depression Scale; CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; SDS, The 20-item Self-rating Depression Scale; GHQ-28, general health questionnaire-28; MAACL, Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist; /, unclear information.