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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Faiza Saqib

Exercise apps could help boost healthcare workers mental health

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Simple home workouts using exercise apps can help reduce symptoms of depression, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia.

In order to conduct the study, researchers split participants (most of them were female nurses) into two groups. The first group was a waitlisted control group and the other was an exercise group that received free access to a home workout on an app called DownDog.

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