Brief school program reduced anxiety scores more than control
Combined exercise and psychological activities showed an anxiety-score advantage in a small randomized trial. Other reported outcomes are harder to interpret from the abstract.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The combined exercise and psychological program produced a larger short-term decrease in anxiety scores than the control condition. Depression scores also fell within the intervention group, but the abstract does not report a comparable between-group depression result. The findings concern a brief program in a small school sample.
The trial involved a small sample at a single school. The abstract does not describe the program in enough detail to identify which elements may have contributed, or report longer-term follow-up.
What researchers found
Decrease in Self-rating Anxiety Scale score
For the 7-day program, intervention versus control; P < 0.05. The meaning of ± is not specified.
A questionnaire outcome
The program combined physical and psychological activities. Anxiety was assessed with a self-rating scale, so the central result concerns a change in questionnaire scores; the abstract does not report recovery from a diagnosed disorder.
Other outcomes need more detail
The researchers also reported changes in depression, blood pressure, body mass index, and selected quality-of-life domains. For these outcomes, the abstract provides incomplete details about the size of changes or the between-group comparisons.
The original publication
The effect of comprehensive intervention on children with anxiety/depression and increased blood pressure.
Chen L, Wang X, Luo L et al.
Clin Exp Hypertens · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40994407
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