Gender-modulated relationships among depression, light household tasks and physical activity: population-based moderation analysis

Gender-modulated relationships among depression, light household tasks and physical activity: population-based moderation analysis Domingo de-Pedro-Jiménez, Esther Foncubierta-Sierra, Esther Domínguez-Romero, Juan Vega-Escaño, Marta Hernández Martín, Cristina Gavira Fernández Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to study the influence of leisure-time physical activity on depression crises and the difficulty in performing light household tasks.A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2020 European Health Survey in Spain. A total of 1,076 individuals diagnosed with depression were selected. ANOVA, chi-square, Fisher’s exact test and Mann–Whitney U test were applied, and a simple moderation analysis was conducted using the SPSS PROCESS 4.0 macro.Women had higher percentages of some or much difficulty in performing domestic activities (p = 0.007). Differences were found between experiencing a crisis in the past 12 months versus not having one (p < 0.001): less physical activity was performed, perceived health was worse and difficulty in performing domestic activities increased. The moderation analysis confirmed the moderating effect of physical activity on the relationship between experiencing a crisis and having difficulty with domestic activities (p = 0.017).The usual limitation of descriptive cross-sectional studies, which cannot establish causal relationships, must be adde...
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