Efecto de la terapia cognitivo-conductual combinada con entrenamiento con ejercicios en adolescentes con síntomas elevados de depresión: un ensayo clínico controlado aleatorizado

Autores/as

  • Sally Mohamed Saeed Mahmoud Department of Physical Therapy for Women Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Ahram Canadian University. Egypt
  • Doaa Tammam Atia Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Suez University, Suez, Egypt
  • Doaa Sayed Mostafa Department of Physical Therapy for Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Hertfordshire University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Mohamed Farouk Abdel-Latif Lecturer - Orthopedic Physical Therapy Department, College of Physical Therapy, Misr University for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Lamyaa Ahmed Fergany Department of Physical Therapy for neurological and neurosurgical disorders, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Lotus University, Minya, Egypt.
  • Neveen M. Abdulrahman Department of Physical Therapy for Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Suez University, Suez, Egypt.
  • Kamal Eldin S. Mohamed Lecturer at Department of Physical Therapy for Integumentary, Faculty of physical therapy, Deraya University, Minia, Egypt
  • Malak A. Elmahdy Department of Physical Therapy for Women Health, faculty of Physical Therapy, AL Hayah University, in Cairo, Egypt.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v70.116946

Palabras clave:

Ejercicio, terapia cognitivo-conductual, depresión, calidad del sueño, adolescentes

Resumen

Objetivo: Investigar los efectos de la terapia cognitivo-conductual (TCC) combinada con ejercicio regular versus intermitente sobre la depresión y la calidad del sueño, en adolescentes.

Participantes y métodos: Sesenta adolescentes de 12 a 17 años con depresión leve a moderada se distribuyeron equitativamente en tres grupos, cada grupo de 20 pacientes. El grupo A recibió una sesión semanal de TCC de 60 minutos combinada con ejercicio regular de 60 minutos tres veces por semana durante 12 semanas; El grupo B recibió TCC semanal de 60 minutos más ejercicio intermitente de 60 minutos una vez por semana durante 12 semanas y el Grupo C recibió TCC semanal de 60 minutos solo durante 12 semanas. Los síntomas depresivos de los participantes se evaluaron antes y después de las intervenciones de 12 semanas utilizando la Escala de Depresión del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos (CES-D), la calidad del sueño se evaluó antes y después de las intervenciones de 12 semanas utilizando el Índice de Calidad del Sueño de Pittsburgh (PSQI).

Resultados: Después de intervenciones de 12 semanas, el grupo A mostró reducciones significativamente menores en las puntuaciones de síntomas depresivos CES-D en comparación con el grupo B y el grupo C. La calidad del sueño mejoró significativamente en los tres grupos, y el grupo A experimentó el mayor aumento. La comparación entre los grupos B y C no arrojó resultados significativos. La evaluación estadística intragrupo no mostró diferencias significativas entre los grupos.

Conclusión: Entre las adolescentes deprimidas, el ejercicio regular de tres semanas combinado con TCC condujo a una disminución significativamente mayor de los síntomas depresivos y una mejor calidad del sueño que el ejercicio intermitente una vez a la semana más TCC o TCC sola. Estos hallazgos indican que la frecuencia del ejercicio puede ser clave para potenciar los beneficios antidepresivos de la TCC.

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2025-08-21

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Saeed Mahmoud, S. M., Atia, D. T., Mostafa, D. S., Abdel-Latif, M. F., Fergany, L. A., Abdulrahman, N. M., … Elmahdy, M. A. (2025). Efecto de la terapia cognitivo-conductual combinada con entrenamiento con ejercicios en adolescentes con síntomas elevados de depresión: un ensayo clínico controlado aleatorizado. Retos, 70, 1547–1557. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v70.116946

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