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The relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and executive function among individuals with schizophrenia: differences by illness duration

Overview of attention for article published in Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, March 2017
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Title
The relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and executive function among individuals with schizophrenia: differences by illness duration
Published in
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, March 2017
DOI 10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2106
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Authors

Viviane Grassmann, Mehala Subramaniapillai, Mark Duncan, Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Guy E. Faulkner

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness characterized by positive and negative symptoms. Cognitive impairment continues to be a core and consistent deficit. Previous studies have shown that physical activity (PA) is positively associated with cognitive performance. Thus, it may play a supportive role in mitigating cognitive impairments among individuals with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and executive function among adults with schizophrenia. The weekly amount of MVPA (assessed using accelerometers) and executive function (as per Brief Neurocognitive Assessment for Schizophrenia) of 78 adults with schizophrenia (mean [SD] age 42.4 [11.4] years; illness duration 17.0 [11.0] years; 58.2% male) were assessed in this cross-sectional study. Pearson correlations were calculated, followed by a linear regression. Participants were first analyzed together and then dichotomized on the basis of illness duration. There was no significant association between MVPA and executive function, independent of the duration of illness. For individuals with < 15 years of illness, there was a significant association between weekly MVPA and working memory performance. PA appears to be associated with executive function in some, but not all, individuals with schizophrenia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 103 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 20%
Student > Bachelor 13 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 8%
Researcher 6 6%
Other 19 18%
Unknown 28 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 16 16%
Psychology 15 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 8%
Sports and Recreations 7 7%
Unspecified 5 5%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 41 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2017.
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#6,792,644
of 22,962,258 outputs
Outputs from Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
#228
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Outputs of similar age
#107,962
of 308,948 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
#5
of 13 outputs
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