Abstracts / Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 12 (2010) e1–e232 e35 bach’s α = 0.84. The test-retest reliability was satisfactory with a Spearman correlation = 0.77 (p < 0.01). The distribu- tion of scores in the CDS demonstrated greater normality, compared to the physical and mental health dimensions of the SF-36. Conclusions: RT alleviates depression scores in individ- uals with multiple numbers of metabolic risk factors for T2DM. The CDS, as a measure of depressed mood, is a responsive tool for assessing lifestyle interventions such as exercise in these individuals. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.070 70 Effects of exercise program on depression in community- dwelling elderly Y. Kitabatake 1,∗ , T. Ishiguro 2 , T. Nagamatsu 1 1 Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Yasuda Life Foun- dation of Health and Welfare 2 Health Science University, Japan Purpose: We developed a program to prevent depres- sion involving physical exercise for persons with a tendency toward minor depressive symptoms, for use among community-dwelling elderly. This study examined the effect of this program on depression symptoms. Methods: One thousand five hundred and thirty-four people that underwent a medical checkup responded to a questionnaire regarding basic life functions. Sixty-four subjects met the inclusion criteria for this study. We rec- ommended that these subjects participate in a mental health seminar. Finally, 30 people who participated in the seminar became the baseline subjects. These subjects were assigned to intervention (physical exercise, n = 14) or control (n = 16) groups (allocation based on region non-randomized con- trolled trial). According to the temperature-raising hypothesis and characteristics of the subjects (elderly, safe exercises, bur- den of performing physical exercise), the exercise program consisted of a low-intensity and high-frequency regimen. The intervention period was 3 months. The health promotion sem- inar was held every two weeks (100 min per seminar). The subjects were encouraged to perform physical exercise at home everyday. The control group was instructed to continue their normal daily routines for the duration of the observation period. Mental health was examined using the short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). In order to examine intervention effects on mental health, analysis of covariance using the change in GDS score over 3 months as a depen- dent variable and each group as an independent variable was conducted. Data on age and sex were used as covariates, respectively. Results: The rate of compliance with this program was 100%. The average attendance rate at the seminars was 91.7 ± 11.4%. Changes in GDS scores during the 3-month period did not significantly between differ the intervention and control groups. In the intervention subgroup (n = 6) with a light depressive tendency (depression score in the question- naire regarding basic life functions: less than two points) at the baseline, the GDS score was 5.7 ± 2.3 points before and 4.0 ± 3.7 points after intervention. In the control subgroup (n = 12) with a light depressive tendency at the baseline, the GDS score was 2.9 ± 3.3 points before and 3.2 ± 3.4 points after the observation period. Changes in GDS scores during the 3-month period showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups with a light depressive tendency at the baseline (P < 0.05). Conclusion: These results suggested that this interven- tion program might be effective for improving depression in subjects with a light depressive tendency. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2009.10.071 71 The effectiveness of exercise in the management of post- natal depression: Systematic review and meta analysis A. Daley ∗ , K. Jolly, C. MacArthur School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Introduction: Postnatal depression (PND) is a serious health concern across that affects about 10 to 15% of women some time in the first year after giving birth. This morbid- ity has health consequences not only for the mother but also for the child and family as a whole. Women who have PND are more likely to experience subsequent episodes of depres- sion in later life and infant and child cognitive and emotional development and social behaviour have been shown to be adversely affected. In 2006 the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in England (NICE) recommended in their guid- ance on the management of antenatal and postnatal mental health that exercise should be considered as a treatment for women who develop mild or moderate depression during the postnatal period. However, no published systematic review or meta-analysis has evaluated the effectiveness of exercise as a treatment specifically for PND; our aim was to address this gap in the literature. Methodology: Randomised controlled trials and quasi- randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared any type of exercise intervention with other treatments or no treatment in women with PND were eligible for inclusion. Database searches and abstracts were reviewed independently by two authors. The Delphi criteria were used to assess the quality of included studies. Data sources included Cochrane Library (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus. RCTs and quasi RCTs that compared any type of exercise intervention with other treatments or