Physical activity and quality of life in older women with a history of depressive symptoms.

Physical activity (PA) is positively associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in older adults. It is not evident whether this association applies to older adults with poor mental health. This study examined associations between PA and HRQL in older women with a history of depressive symptoms.

Physical activity, walking, and quality of life in women with depressive symptoms.

Background: Physical activity (PA) has a positive association with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in the general population. The association between PA and HRQL in those with poor mental health is less clear.

Purpose: To examine the concurrent and prospective dose-response relationships between total PA (TPA) and walking only with HRQL in women aged 50-55 years with depressive symptoms in 2001.

Sitting-time, physical activity, and depressive symptoms in mid-aged women.

Background: Associations of sitting-time and physical activity with depression are unclear.

Purpose: To examine concurrent and prospective associations between both sitting-time and physical activity with prevalent depressive symptoms in mid-aged Australian women.

Methods: Data were from 8950 women, aged 50-55 years in 2001, who completed mail surveys in 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2010.

Contribution of house and garden work to the association between physical activity and well-being in young, mid-aged and older women.

Objective: Although physical activity occurs in leisure, transport, occupational and domestic domains of life, the contribution of house and garden work (HGW) to the association between total physical activity and well-being is not clear. The aim was to describe the contribution of HGW to total physical activity (TPA) in association with well-being in younger, mid-aged and older women.

Design: Younger (25-30 years), mid-aged (50-55 years) and older (76-81 years) participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health completed a mailed survey with questions about leisure, transport and house and garden activities.

Dose-response relationships between physical activity, walking and health-related quality of life in mid-age and older women.

Background: Although physical activity is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL), the nature of the dose-response relationship remains unclear.

Objectives: To examine the concurrent and prospective dose-response relationships between total physical activity (TPA) and (only) walking with HRQL in two age cohorts of women.

Methods: Participants were 10 698 women born in 1946-1951 and 7646 born in 1921-1926, who completed three mailed surveys for the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.