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The effectiveness of a preferred intensity exercise programme on the mental health outcomes of young people with depression: a sequential mixed methods evaluation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, March 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (91st percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (89th percentile)

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Title
The effectiveness of a preferred intensity exercise programme on the mental health outcomes of young people with depression: a sequential mixed methods evaluation
Published in
BMC Public Health, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-187
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Tim Carter, Patrick Callaghan, Elizabeth Khalil, Ioannis Morres

Abstract

People with mental illness are more likely to suffer physical health problems than comparable populations who do not have mental illness. There is evidence to suggest that exercise, as well has having obvious physical benefits, also has positive effects on mental health. There is a distinct paucity of research testing its effects on young people seeking help for mental health issues. Additionally, it is generally found that compliance with prescribed exercise programmes is low. As such, encouraging young people to exercise at levels recommended by national guidelines may be unrealistic considering their struggle with mental health difficulties. It is proposed that an exercise intervention tailored to young people's preferred intensity may improve mental health outcomes, overall quality of life, and reduce exercise attrition rates.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Chile 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 313 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 55 17%
Researcher 45 14%
Student > Bachelor 42 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 39 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 27 8%
Other 46 14%
Unknown 66 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 64 20%
Psychology 49 15%
Sports and Recreations 34 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 32 10%
Social Sciences 31 10%
Other 31 10%
Unknown 79 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. 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 July 2012.
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#2,337,213
of 24,272,486 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,656
of 16,001 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,675
of 160,047 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#21
of 182 outputs
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