Running toward substance use recovery: Does delay discounting mediate the relationship between physical activity and quality of life?

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Mental Health and Physical Activity Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100635

Daniel A.R. Cabral , Rafaela M. Fontes , Allison N. Tegge , Mikayla Owen , Jenny Nguyen , Liqa Athamneh , Warren K. Bickel

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Abstract

Background

Recovery from substance use disorders is multifactorial with psychosocial functioning, such as quality of life (QOL), playing a particularly important role. Delay discounting, the degree to which individuals devaluate a reinforcer as a function of the delay to its receipt, is associated with QOL. Moreover, evidence shows that physical activity may decrease delay discounting rates. The present study aims to examine associations among physical activity, delay discounting, and QOL, and investigate the mediating role of delay discounting in the relationship between physical activity and QOL domains.

Methods

Data was collected from the International Quit & Recovery Registry (IQRR), and comprised of 267 participants (67% women) who reported being in recovery from substance use disorders. Participants completed the Health Behaviors Questionnaire (physical activity was measured using the fitness domain), a delay discounting minute task (higher delay discounting rates indicate a preference for smaller, sooner rewards), the World Health Organization QOL questionnaire, as well as demographics and substance use disorders-related questions. Multivariate linear regression was used to test associations between physical activity with delay discounting, and physical activity with each QOL domain. Mediation analyses were conducted to evaluate the mediating role of delay discounting in the relationship between physical activity and QOL domain.

Results

Higher levels of physical activity were associated with greater valuation of the future (lower delay discounting rates; p < .001) and higher levels of physical (p < .001), and environmental (p = .001) QOL. Delay discounting mediated the relationship between physical activity and physical (p = .004), and environmental (p < .001) QOL.

Conclusion

Physical activity can be an important tool in the treatment and recovery of substance use disorders, as it is associated with future-oriented choices, which in turn contributes to improving the QOL of those individuals.

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奔向药物使用康复：延迟折现是否会调节体育锻炼与生活质量之间的关系？

背景药物使用障碍的康复是多因素的，其中社会心理功能，如生活质量（QOL），起着特别重要的作用。延迟折现是指个体对强化物的贬值程度与获得强化物的延迟程度成函数关系，而延迟折现与生活质量相关。此外，有证据表明，体育锻炼可降低延迟折现率。本研究旨在考察体育锻炼、延迟折现和 QOL 之间的关联，并研究延迟折现在体育锻炼和 QOL 领域之间关系中的中介作用。方法数据收集自国际戒烟与康复登记处（IQRR），由 267 名报告正在从药物使用障碍中康复的参与者（67% 为女性）组成。参与者完成了健康行为调查问卷（使用健身领域测量体育活动）、延迟折现分钟任务（较高的延迟折现率表明偏好较小、较快的奖励）、世界卫生组织 QOL 问卷以及人口统计学和药物使用障碍相关问题。多变量线性回归用于检验体育锻炼与延迟折现之间的关系，以及体育锻炼与各 QOL 领域之间的关系。结果较高水平的体育锻炼与较高的未来评价（较低的延迟折现率；p = .001）和较高水平的身体（p = .001）和环境（p = .001）QOL相关。结论：体育活动可以成为药物使用障碍治疗和康复的重要工具，因为它与面向未来的选择有关，而面向未来的选择反过来又有助于改善这些人的 QOL。

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Mental Health and Physical Activity PSYCHIATRY-

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6.70

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6.40%

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32 days

期刊介绍： The aims of Mental Health and Physical Activity will be: (1) to foster the inter-disciplinary development and understanding of the mental health and physical activity field; (2) to develop research designs and methods to advance our understanding; (3) to promote the publication of high quality research on the effects of physical activity (interventions and a single session) on a wide range of dimensions of mental health and psychological well-being (eg, depression, anxiety and stress responses, mood, cognitive functioning and neurological disorders, such as dementia, self-esteem and related constructs, psychological aspects of quality of life among people with physical and mental illness, sleep, addictive disorders, eating disorders), from both efficacy and effectiveness trials;