Strategies to Enhance the Experience of Exercise

NCT03453671 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 17-0474
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 78
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to test the effect of three cognitive strategies to affect individuals' subjective experience of cardiovascular exercise. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three strategies to use while exercising, both during an in-person session and self-directed two week exercise period.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Affective valence

  Affective valence during a 30-minute exercise bout

  30 minutes

• Felt arousal

  Felt arousal during a 30-minute exercise bout

  30 minutes

• Perceived Exertion (RPE)

  Rating of Perceived Exertion during a 30-minute exercise bout

  30 minutes

• Minutes of exercise

  Minutes exercised during 2-week at-home intervention

  2-weeks following initial visit

• Affect and perceived exertion: longitudinal

  Rated affect and perceived exertion during 2-week at-home intervention

  2-weeks following initial visit

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Theory of Planned Behavior: attitudes

  Baseline to 2-week follow-up

• Theory of Planned Behavior: norms

  Baseline to 2-week follow-up

• Theory of Planned Behavior: self-efficacy

  Baseline to 2-week follow-up

• Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs

  Baseline to 2-week follow-up

• Distress tolerance

  Baseline to 2-week follow-up

Study Arms (3)

Mindfulness

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will use the strategy of mindfulness, i.e., present moment awareness with nonjudgment and acceptance, while exercising.

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Distraction

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will use the strategy of distraction, i.e., directing their attention to something other than exercise (specifically a podcast) while exercising.

Behavioral: Distraction

Self-Monitoring

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will monitor their internal experience while exercising, without distraction and without being taught mindfulness skills of nonjudgment and acceptance.

Behavioral: Self-monitoring

Interventions

Mindfulness BEHAVIORAL

Participants will use mindfulness techniques while exercising

Mindfulness

Distraction BEHAVIORAL

Participants will distract themselves while exercising

Distraction

Self-monitoring BEHAVIORAL

Participants will use associative attentional focus while exercising

Self-Monitoring

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Individuals of all gender identities may participate in this study
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Between the ages of 18 and 40.
• Physically capable of safely engaging in moderate-intensity physical activity (PA)
• Able and willing to access the Internet daily for two weeks
• Willing to accept random assignment.
• Have a smartphone or other mobile device (e.g., iPod Touch) that can play media (important if participants are assigned to the distraction condition)
• Willing to engage in an exercise intervention specifically involving walking, jogging, running, or hiking (not other types of exercise)

You may not qualify if:

• Are diabetic or receiving treatment for a metabolic disorder
• Are currently pregnant
• Are currently on antipsychotic medications
• Have a history of cardiac or respiratory disease
• Are receiving treatment for a heart condition or high blood pressure
• Experience chest pains during and/or not during physical activity
• Have a muscle, bone, or joint problem or injury that limit movement, make exercise painful, or could be made worse by exercising
• Have a close family history of an adverse cardiac event before the age of 50.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Boulder: lead

Study Sites (1)

Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC)

Boulder, Colorado, 80301, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Mindfulness; Osteogenesis, Distraction; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Bone Lengthening; Orthopedic Procedures; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Blood Chemical Analysis; Clinical Chemistry Tests; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine; Monitoring, Physiologic; Self-Testing; Self Care; Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants will know their own condition (strategy) but not what the other conditions are. The primary investigator will be blind to participants' assignment to condition.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2017
• First Posted: March 5, 2018
• Study Start: December 15, 2017
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2018
• Study Completion: August 31, 2018
• Last Updated: October 12, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

US (1)