Table 2. Summary of the published studies including qualitative synthesis.

Source	Setting	Patients, N	Age	Inclusion criteria	Exercise type	Exercise frequency	Exercise duration
Afonso et al. (2012)	Elsewhere	61	50 to 65 years	Postmenopausal women with primary insomnia meeting DSM-4	Aerobic (other aerobic)	2 session/wk	4 mos
Chan et al. (2016)	Elsewhere	52	60 years or older	Older adults with cognitive impairment with CPSQI >5	Aerobic (other aerobic)	2 session/wk	2 mos
Chan et al. (2017)	Elsewhere	Unknown	18 years or older	Participants with mild to moderate depression and PSQI >5	Aerobic (other aerobic)	3 session/wk	8 wks
Guilleminault et al. (1995)	At home	32	34 to 55 years	Patients with psychophysiologic insomnia meeting predetermined criteria	Aerobic (walking)	7 d/wk	4 wks
Hartescu, Morgan & Stevinson (2015)	At home	41	40 years or older	Inactive adults meeting RDC for insomnia	Aerobic (walking)	5 d/wk	6 mos
Irwin et al. (2014)	Elsewhere	123	34 to 55 years	Older adults with chronic and primary insomnia meeting DSM-IV-TR and ICSD-2	Aerobic (other aerobic)	1 d/wk	4 mos
Passos et al. (2010)	Exercise laboratory	48	30 to 55 years	Primary insomnia meeting DSM-IV-TR and ICSD-2	Aerobic (walking, other aerobic)	Acute	One time
Reid et al. (2010)	Elsewhere	17	55 years or older	Older adults with insomnia meeting predetermined criteria	Aerobic (walking, other aerobic)	4 times per wk	16 wks
Tadayon, Abedi & Farshadbakht (2016)	At home	112	Mean 52.39 (SD 1.65) years	Postmenopausal women with PSQI >5	Aerobic (walking)	7 d/wk	12 wks
Tang, Liou & Lin (2010)	At home	71	Mean 51.80 (SD 12.13) years	Cancer patients with PSQI >5	Aerobic (walking)	3 d/wk	8 wks

Notes.

Chan et al. (2017) was included in the qualitative synthesis but excluded in the quantitative synthesis because the trial did not include outcomes data for a meta-analysis.

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DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

ICSD

International Classification of Sleep Disorders

PSQI

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

RDC

research diagnostic criteria