Physical Exercise and Depressive Symptoms in Moderately or Severely Depressed Adults — EXIMOS  

Depressive Symptoms Clinical Trial

Official title: Do Moderately and Severely Depressed Individuals Derive the Same Psychological Benefits From a 10-weeks Long Aerobic Exercise Program ?

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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

Clinical Trial Description

Sixty depressed French adults (34 with symptoms of moderate intensity and 26 with symptoms of severe intensity as defined by the PHQ-9 cutting scores) voluntarily participated in our comparative trial.

A control group (waiting list) of n = 16 including 8 severely depressed and 8 moderately depressed participants received no physical exercise.

For the remaining 44 participants (26 with moderate-intensity depressive symptoms and 18 with high-intensity depressive symptoms), two weekly Nordic Walking sessions of 1h were performed for 10 consecutive weeks.

Depressive symptoms were assessed using standard self-report questionnaires at various time points: 1/ enrollment (using the PHQ-9), and then (2) just before the beginning of the exercise intervention (pre-intervention; using the BDI-II), 2/ at the end of Week 5 (mid-intervention; using the BDI-II), and 3/ the day following the end of the exercise program (post-intervention) ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Symptoms

• NCT number: NCT05703776
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Je Bouge Pour Mon Moral
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 19, 2022
• Completion date: May 1, 2022