Exercise vs usual care: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); higher score means more depression
Exercise showed no clear difference in depression (any severity, including mild, moderate and severe… compared with usual care (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Exercise vs usual care Depression (any severity, including mild, moderate and severe depression) Investigators measured depression using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). A higher score is indicative of more depressive symptoms (median · people with ESKD Exercise showed no clear difference in depression (any severity, including mild, moderate and severe… compared with usual care (moderate certainty). Psychosocial interventions for preventing and treating depression in dialysis patients (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 108 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial interventions for preventing and treating depression in dialysis patients 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.