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Table 4 Moderating Effect Test of Meta-analysis of the Association between Exercise Intervention and Antenatal Depression

From: Summary of the effect of an exercise intervention on antenatal depression and the optimal program: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Moderators

Homogeneity test

Category

Effect size and 95% CI

Two-tailed test

Number of literature

Number of samples

X2

P

I2(%)

Z

P

Intervention Content

   

Yoga

-0.59 (-1.00, -0.17)

2.78

0.005

10

602

   

Combination of Aerobic exercise

-0.58 (-1.04, -0.13)

2.52

0.01

5

516

77.10

< 0.00001

79

Dance

-0.42 (-0.69, -0.15)

3.02

0.003

1

212

   

Maternal health care exercise

-0.74 (-1.09, -0.39)

4.13

0.56

1

133

Duration

   

10–30 min

-0.27 (-0.70, 0.17)

1.19

0.23

4

333

49.48

< 0.00001

70

30–60 min

-0.60 (-0.88, -0.32)

4.18

< 0.00001

9

966

   

60–75 min

-0.33 (-0.67, 0.01)

1.90

0.06

3

134

Frequency

   

1 time/week

-0.34 (-0.69,0.02)

1.85

0.06

4

227

49.48

< 0.00001

70

2 times/week

-0.17 (-0.48, 0.15)

1.04

0.30

3

185

   

3–5 times/week

-0.60 (-0.88, -0.33)

4.29

< 0.00001

9

1021

Weeks

   

6–10 weeks

-1.20 (-2.04, -0.36)

2.79

0.005

6

306

83.17

< 0.00001

82

12–16 weeks

-0.41 (-0.71, -0.11)

2.71

0.007

8

865

   

24–30 weeks

-0.26 (-0.68,0.15)

1.25

0.21

3

352

Exercise format

   

Group

-0.60 (-0.89, -0.31)

4.05

< 0.00001

16

1251

76.84

< 0.00001

80

Group + individual

-0.42 (-0.69, -0.15)

3.02

0.003

1

212

   

Individual

-

-

-—

0

0