Davy Vancampfort

Datos Biográficos

ID5420839
NOMBREDavy Vancampfort
NOMBRESDavy
APELLIDOVancampfort
FIRMAVANCAMPFORT D
AFILIACIONESKU Leuven
ORCID0000-0002-4592-8625
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS37
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR37
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Physiotherapists are underutilised in health-sector responses to gender-based violence

    Open AccessMaría Eugenia de León Pérez, Moisés Jonathan Magos Chong et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major global public health and human rights issue with wide-ranging physical and mental health consequences. Physiotherapists frequently work with populations and conditions plausibly linked to violence exposure, yet little is known about their preparedness to identify and respond to GBV in Spanish-speaking contexts. We conducted a cross-sectional online convenience survey of Spanish-speaking physiotherapists from…

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences, Anxiety and Depression in School-going Ugandan Adolescents

    Open AccessDavy Vancampfort, James Mugisha et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2026

  • From implementation to sustainability? A 5-year follow-up on a physical activity counseling program in Uganda for people with HIV and mental health conditions

    Davy Vancampfort, James MugishaARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Physical activity (PA) interventions benefit people living with HIV and co-morbid mental health conditions, but sustaining them in low-resource settings remains difficult. This study explored the long-term sustainability of a multi-stakeholder PA counseling program in a rural Ugandan fishing community, five years post-implementation. The program integrated a PA counseling into routine HIV care, combining motivational interviewing and self-determi…

  • A sport-for-protection program reduces suicidal ideation in youth affected by displacement

    Open AccessKathleen Latimer, Rita Larok et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    Sport-for-protection is an effective stand-alone or adjunctive intervention to reduce suicidal ideation among young people affected by displacement in humanitarian settings

  • Fear learning and generalization in youth with early-stage transdiagnostic psychiatric symptoms and the impact of acute exercise

    Open AccessLise Jennen, Celine Samaey et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    These findings highlight early alterations in threat processing in youth with early-stage psychiatric symptoms. Future research should investigate symptom-specific patterns in fear generalization, track their longitudinal development, and refine exercise interventions to effectively modulate fear processing

  • Coping and sleep quality in youth

    Open AccessNoëmi Hagemann, Olivia J Kirtley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2023

    INTRODUCTION: Sleep quality is closely linked with mental health. Two factors that influence sleep are coping style and locus of control, yet these have not been investigated in daily life. In this study, we examined associations between coping styles and sleep quality in daily life and the potential mediating effect of daily locus of control in a sample of youth, a group particularly vulnerable to developing psychopathology. METHODS: Three hundr…

  • A large‐scale meta‐analytic atlas of mental health problems prevalence during the Covid‐19 early pandemic

    Open AccessElena Dragioti, Michael Steward et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Virology2022

    The COVID‐19 pandemic and related restrictions can impact mental health. To quantify the mental health burden of COVID‐19 pandemic, we conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis, searching World Health Organization COVID‐19/PsycInfo/PubMed databases (09/29/2020), including observational studies reporting on mental health outcomes in any population affected by COVID‐19. Primary outcomes were the prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, slee…

  • Thirty years of research on physical activity, mental health, and wellbeing

    Open AccessMichel Sabé, Chaomei Chen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    The sheer volume of research publications on physical activity, mental health, and wellbeing is overwhelming. The aim of this study was to perform a broad-ranging scientometric analysis to evaluate key themes and trends over the past decades, informing future lines of research. We searched the Web of Science Core Collection from inception until December 7, 2021, using the appropriate search terms such as “physical activity” or “mental health,” wi…

  • Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity on Psychological Distress and Well-Being and Its Mediators—Authors’ Reply

    André Oliveira Werneck, Brendon Stubbs et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2022

    sponsorship: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)|NIHR301206

  • Prospective Associations of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Psychological Distress and Well-Being

    André Oliveira Werneck, Brendon Stubbs et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2022

    OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the associations of leisure-time physical activity with psychological distress and well-being, and potential mediators. METHODS: We used data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (n = 5197; 2688 men), including waves 34y (2004), 42y (2012), and 46y (2016). Participants reported leisure-time physical activity frequency and intensity (exposure) at age 34 years (baseline); cognition (vocabulary test), body ma…

  • Food Insecurity With Hunger and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents From 53 Countries

    Lee Smith, Philip B Ward et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Sexual…2021

    Objectives: To examine the relationship of food insecurity with sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners and non-condom use. Methods: Data on food insecurity (hunger) and sexual behaviors from 205,296 adolescents from 53 countries. Associations were analyzed using meta-analysis. Results: Overall, 16.0% of the adolescents ever had sexual intercourse and the prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity was 44.9% and 6.2%, respectively. Mod…

  • The efficacy of a lay health workers – led physical activity counselling program in patients with HIV and mental health problems

    Davy Vancampfort, Peter Kayiira Byansi et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    This study explored the efficacy of a lay health worker (LHW)-led physical activity (PA) counselling program for inactive patients with HIV/AIDS and mental health problems living in a Ugandan farming community. In total 49 (35 women) community patients (40.0 ± 11.2 years) followed an 8-week once weekly LHW-led PA counselling program based on a self-determination theory and motivational interviewing framework. Participants completed the Simple Phy…

  • Correlates of missed HIV appointments in low-resource settings

    Davy Vancampfort, Peter Kayiira Byansi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2021

    Aims: Alarming reports of antiretroviral treatment failure have recently emerged in sub-Saharan Africa. The onset of virologic failure has multiple causes but suboptimal treatment adherence is one of the leading causes. This study aimed to explore correlates of adherence to HIV appointments in community care patients living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Methods: Two hundred and ninety-five people living with HIV (median age 37.0 years; interquartile r…

  • Internalised HIV-related stigma associated with physical inactivity in people with HIV and Aids

    Davy Vancampfort, Peter Kayiira Byansi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2021

    Aim: The aim of the current study was to explore correlations between continuous physical activity (PA) levels and HIV-related stigma and differences in HIV-related stigma between those who meet versus those who do not meet the international PA recommendation of 150 min of PA per week at moderate intensity. Methods: 295 people living with HIV (PLHIV) (median [interquartile range] age = 37.0 [16.0]; 67.8% [ n = 200] female) from central Uganda com…

  • Physical Multimorbidity and Social Participation in Adult Aged 65 Years and Older From Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Open AccessRuimin Ma, Eugenia Romano et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2021Citada por: 1Referencias: 6

    Older people with multimorbidity had lower levels of social participation in LMICs. Future longitudinal studies are warranted to further investigate temporal associations, and whether addressing social participation can lead to better health outcomes among older people with multimorbidity in LMICs

  • A meta‐review of “lifestyle psychiatry”

    Open AccessJoseph Firth, Marco Solmi et al.ARTICLEWorld Psychiatry2020

    There is increasing academic and clinical interest in how “lifestyle factors” traditionally associated with physical health may also relate to mental health and psychological well‐being. In response, international and national health bodies are producing guidelines to address health behaviors in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. However, the current evidence for the causal role of lifestyle factors in the onset and prognosis of ment…

  • The efficacy of physical activity counseling in Ugandan patients with HIV and a co-morbid mental disorder

    Davy Vancampfort, Peter Kayiira Byansi et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    This study explored the efficacy of physical activity (PA) counseling in inactive patients with HIV/AIDS and a co-morbid mental health disorder living in a Ugandan fishing community. We investigated associations between changes in PA, sedentary behavior, mental health burden and quality of life (QoL) following an 8-week once per week PA counseling program using the self-determination theory and motivational interviewing framework. In total 41 (33…

  • Handgrip Strength Is Associated With Hippocampal Volume and White Matter Hyperintensities in Major Depression and Healthy Controls

    Josh A Firth, Jung-Im Shin et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2020

    OBJECTIVE: Emerging evidence suggests that handgrip strength (a proxy for muscular fitness) is associated with better cognitive performance in people with major depressive disorder (MDD). The underlying processes are unclear, although hippocampal volume (HCV) reductions and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) have been implicated. Therefore, we investigated the associations between handgrip strength and various brain region volumes and WMHs in M…

  • The Association Between Sedentary Behavior and Sarcopenia Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Open AccessLee Smith, Mark A Tully et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    The present study aimed to assess the association between sedentary behavior and sarcopenia among adults aged ≥65 years. Cross-sectional data from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health were analyzed. Sarcopenia was defined as having low skeletal muscle mass and either a slow gait speed or a weak handgrip strength. Self-reported sedentary behavior was assessed as a continuous variable (hours per day) and also as a categorical variable (0- 2 …

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission

    Open AccessJoseph Firth, Noreen Siddiqi et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2019

  • Bullying Victimization and Suicide Attempt Among Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years From 48 Countries

    Open AccessAi Koyanagi, Hans Oh et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…2019

  • Does loneliness contribute to mild cognitive impairment and dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

    Open AccessElvira Lara, Natalia Martín-María et al.ARTICLEAgeing Research Reviews2019

  • Low Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in People With Schizophrenia

    Open AccessThomas W Scheewe, Frederike Jörg et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Introduction: The aim of this study was to objectively assess time spent in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in patients with schizophrenia compared to healthy controls matched for age, gender and socioeconomic status. Associations between both PA and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mental and physical health parameters in patients with schizophrenia were examined. Materials and Methods: Moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA), mode…

  • Physical Activity and Incident Depression

    Felipe B Schuch, Davy Vancampfort et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Psychiatry2018

  • EPA guidance on physical activity as a treatment for severe mental illness

    Open AccessBrendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort et al.ARTICLEEuropean Psychiatry2018

    Physical activity (PA) may be therapeutic for people with severe mental illness (SMI) who generally have low PA and experience numerous life style-related medical complications. We conducted a meta-review of PA interventions and their impact on health outcomes for people with SMI, including schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder. We searched major electronic databases until January 2018 for systemat…