Affective Responses in Mountain Hiking

Affect Clinical Trial

Official title:

Affective Responses in Mountain Hiking: A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Differences Between Indoor and Outdoor Activity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02853760
• Other study ID #: ARMH
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: October 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Universitaet Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Using a within-subject design, 42 healthy participants were randomly exposed to three different conditions: outdoor mountain hiking, indoor treadmill walking, and sedentary control situation (3.5 hours each). Measures included the Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale and a Mood Survey Scale. Univariate ANOVAs were used to analyse differences between the conditions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: October 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• voluntary participation

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy
• breast-feeding
• chronic or acute diseases (already existing or diagnosed during the study)
• age below 18 and above 70 years
• unable to be physically active assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Shephard, Thomas, & Weller, 1991)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Affect

Intervention

Behavioral:
• walking

Device:
• Treadmill

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaet Innsbruck	Paracelsus Medical University

References & Publications (2)

Niedermeier M, Einwanger J, Hartl A, Kopp M. Affective responses in mountain hiking-A randomized crossover trial focusing on differences between indoor and outdoor activity. PLoS One. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0177719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177719. eCollect — View Citation

Niedermeier M, Grafetstätter C, Hartl A, Kopp M. A Randomized Crossover Trial on Acute Stress-Related Physiological Responses to Mountain Hiking. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 11;14(8). pii: E905. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14080905. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change From Baseline Subscales of Mood Survey Scale at 3 Hours	Mood Survey Scale, min: 5, max: 25 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours
Primary	Change From Baseline Feeling Scale at 3 Hours	Feeling Scale, min: -5, max: +5 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours after baseline
Primary	Change From Baseline Felt Arousal Scale at 3 Hours	Felt Arousal Scale, min: 0, max: 6 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours after baseline
Secondary	Change From Baseline Blood Pressure at 3 Hours	All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours
Secondary	Change From Baseline Heart Rate Variability at 3 Hours	All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours
Secondary	Change From Baseline Cortisol at 3 Hours (Saliva Sampling)	All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.	baseline and 3 hours