TY - JOUR AU - Kenkhuis, Marlou-Floor AU - Doorenbos, Meike AU - Mast, Isa H AU - Aaronson, Neil K AU - van Beurden, Marc AU - Bohus, Martin AU - Courneya, Kerry S AU - Daley, Amanda J AU - Galvão, Daniel A AU - Goedendorp, Martine M AU - van Harten, Wim H AU - Hayes, Sandi C AU - Hiensch, Anouk E AU - Irwin, Melinda L AU - Kersten, Marie José AU - Knoop, Hans AU - May, Anne M AU - McConnachie, Alex AU - van Mechelen, Willem AU - Mutrie, Nanette AU - Newton, Robert U AU - Nollet, Frans AU - Oldenburg, Hester S AU - Schmidt, Martina AU - Schmitz, Kathryn H AU - Schulz, Karl-Heinz AU - Sonke, Gabe S AU - Steindorf, Karen AU - Stuiver, Martijn M AU - Taaffe, Dennis R AU - Thorsen, Lene AU - Velthuis, Miranda J AU - Wiskemann, Joachim AU - Mesters, Ilse AU - Ulrich, Cornelia M AU - van Vulpen, Jonna K AU - Custers, Jose A E AU - Buffart, Laurien M TI - Exercise effects on symptoms of depression and anxiety vary by patient, clinical, and intervention characteristics in cancer survivors: Results from pooled analyses of individual participant data of 26 RCTs. JO - Supportive care in cancer VL - 33 IS - 7 SN - 0941-4355 CY - New York,NY PB - Springer M1 - DKFZ-2025-01405 SP - 647 PY - 2025 AB - This study aimed to investigate whether socio-demographic, clinical, and intervention-related variables moderate the effects of exercise on depression and anxiety symptoms in cancer survivors.Data from 26 RCTs in the POLARIS database were analyzed using a one-step individual participant data (IPD) meta-analytic approach with linear mixed models to assess exercise effects on depression and anxiety symptoms (z-scores). Interaction terms were added to these models to explore moderators. Results are presented as betas (corresponding to Cohen's d effect size).Albeit statistically significant, exercise demonstrated negligible effects on symptoms of depression (β = - 0.11; 95 KW - Humans KW - Anxiety: therapy KW - Anxiety: etiology KW - Depression: therapy KW - Depression: etiology KW - Exercise: psychology KW - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic KW - Male KW - Female KW - Neoplasms: psychology KW - Cancer Survivors: psychology KW - Middle Aged KW - Survivors: psychology KW - Exercise Therapy: methods KW - Adult KW - Anxiety (Other) KW - Cancer survivors (Other) KW - Depression (Other) KW - Distress (Other) KW - Exercise (Other) KW - Moderators (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:40591016 C2 - pmc:PMC12213934 DO - DOI:10.1007/s00520-025-09646-9 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/302865 ER -