Motivation and Barriers for Exercise in Patients With Anxiety or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motivation and Barriers for Exercise in Patients With Anxiety or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03818425
• Other study ID #: 256913
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 7, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Universitaet Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Relevance and Aim: There has been increasing research interest in sport preferences and motivational factors as well as barriers that restrain from engaging in sport activities in people suffering from mental illnesses. Anxiety disorders are one of the leading mental disorders worldwide. Exercise has previously shown anxiolytic effects and is discussed as an adjunctive treatment option in clinical practice. This study aims to depict motivation and barriers in patients with anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorders.

Design and Participants: Observational study of patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder (ICD-10)

Measurements: Structured questionnaire compounded of validated scales for current physical activity, sport motivation, exercise preferences, perceived barriers , self-efficacy, social support for physical activity, motivation,enjoyment, quality of life as well as sociodemographic data.

Duration: The questionnaire will require approximately 20 minutes, the overall duration is 3 months. Personal assistance for completing the questionnaire will be provided if necessary.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 460
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• In- and out-patients with a diagnosed anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder (F40, F41, F43.1; ICD-10)

• 18 to 65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute psychosis or suicidal behaviour

• cognitive deficits

• problems with German language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise
• Motivation
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	University of Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tyrol

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaet Innsbruck	Medical University Innsbruck

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity	self reported, actual physical activity, measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, IPAQ-SF; Craig et al., 2003	5 minutes
Primary	Sport motivation	measured by the Exercise Motivation Inventory, EMI-2; Markland & Hardy,1993	5 minutes
Primary	Perceived barriers	measured by 12 questions referring to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman & Faulkner, 2007	5 minutes
Primary	Self-efficacy for physical activity	single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman & Faulkner, 2007	1 minute
Primary	Social support for physical activity	single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman & Faulkner, 2007	1 minute
Primary	Motivation for physical activity	single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman & Faulkner, 2007	1 minute
Primary	Enjoyment of physical activity	single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman & Faulkner, 2007	1 minute