Physical Exercise and Depressive Symptoms in Moderately or Severely Depressed Adults
EXIMOS
Do Moderately and Severely Depressed Individuals Derive the Same Psychological Benefits From a 10-weeks Long Aerobic Exercise Program ?
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study is a comparative trial comparing the time course of depressive symptoms between moderately and severely depressed participants over a 10-week long exercise program
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2022
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 19, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 15, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 20, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 30, 2023
CompletedJanuary 30, 2023
January 1, 2023
3 months
October 20, 2022
January 26, 2023
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
change in the intensity of depressive symptoms
self-evaluated intensity of depressive symptoms. Was obtained using the standard Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II; Beck et al., 1996)
10 weeks
Study Arms (2)
Nordic Walking
EXPERIMENTAL2 weekly sessions of supervised Nordic Walking in a city park with trees, grass, and ponds. Exercise intensity was set at 65%-75% of age-predicted maximal heart rate. The length of training was consecutive 10 weeks
control
NO INTERVENTIONno intervention
Interventions
Nordic Walking (NW) is an aerobic physical activity where regular walking is enhanced by the addition of the active use of specifically designed NW poles. The physical strain is distributed in a balanced way to various muscle groups of the whole body.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- PHQ-9 (Kroenke et al., 2001) score of 10 or above
You may not qualify if:
- medical contraindication to moderate-intensity aerobic exercise
- inability to read French language
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Je Bouge Pour Mon Morallead
- University Grenoble Alpscollaborator
Study Sites (1)
association JBPMM
Nancy, 54000, France
Related Publications (2)
Beck AT, Steer RA, Brown GK. Beck Depression Inventory (2nd edition). San Antonio, TX: Hartcourt Brace, 1996.
BACKGROUNDKroenke K, Spitzer RL. The PHQ-9: a new depression diagnostic and severity measure. Psychiatric Annals. 2002; 32: 509-521.
BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Fabien D Legrand, PhD
JBPMM
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 20, 2022
First Posted
January 30, 2023
Study Start
January 19, 2022
Primary Completion
April 15, 2022
Study Completion
May 1, 2022
Last Updated
January 30, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-01
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
Data will be made available upon reasonable request. Requests for access to data from the study should be addressed to Fabien D. Legrand at fabien.legrand@univ-reims.fr. All proposals requesting data access will need to specify how it is planned to use the data, and all proposals will need approval of the study co- investigator team before data release.