Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods ...

Walking 7000 or more steps per day is associated with fewer depressive symptoms and a 31% lower risk for depression than taking fewer steps, a new meta-analysis shows. Researchers conducted a ...

The meta-analysis, conducted by researchers from the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Spain, examined data from 33 studies involving nearly 100,000 adults across various populations.

Among the 12 of 23 studies included in the meta-analysis, incentives were associated with increased mean daily step counts during the intervention period (pooled mean difference (MD), 607.1; 95% CI: ...