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Intervention Condition for Cardiovascular Disease

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Research Sponsored by University of Manitoba
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Comfortable using videoconferencing
Insufficient self-reported physical activity relative to guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week.
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up post-intervention (4 week time point)
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Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a group self-compassion intervention is as effective as one-on-one delivery for increasing physical activity among women at risk for CVD.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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You are able to use video chat without difficulty.
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You don't exercise enough according to the recommended guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week.
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You are not currently enrolled or planning to participate in a similar program to the one being studied.
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You do not have a current diagnosis of heart disease.
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We want to include people with different levels of self-compassion in the study. Your score on a self-compassion scale will be checked, and we may adjust our requirements to have a range of self-compassion scores in the study.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~post-intervention (4 week time point)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and post-intervention (4 week time point) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Differences between groups in moderate to vigorous physical activity from pre-intervention to post-intervention
Secondary outcome measures
Differences between groups in general health promoting behaviours from pre-intervention to post-intervention
Differences between groups in health anxiety and illness self-blame from pre-intervention to post-intervention
Differences between groups in health behaviour intentions from pre-intervention to post-intervention
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Positive control condition: Individually-Delivered Self-Compassion InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
A 4-week intervention pairing behaviour change and self-compassion education, aimed to increase physical activity and help women cope with their risk of cardiovascular disease. Participants in the individual condition will complete Sessions 2-4 individually with a facilitator. Both conditions will be exposed to identical intervention content. All intervention sessions will be hosted on an institution-sponsored Zoom videoconferencing account. Week 1, Session 1 (60 minutes): Participants will meet individually with a facilitator to discuss CVD risk factors and set physical activity goals. Weeks 2-4, Sessions 2-4 (60 minutes each): Participants will meet individually with a facilitator to receive self-compassion education to aimed at encouraging adaptive coping with cardiovascular risk and physical activity behaviour change. Brief self-compassionate writing exercises will be assigned as home practice after Sessions 2-4.
Group II: Group-Delivered Self-Compassion InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
A 4-week intervention pairing behaviour change and self-compassion education, aimed to increase physical activity and help women cope with their risk of cardiovascular disease. Participants in the group condition will complete Sessions 2-4 with 6-9 other participants plus a facilitator. Both conditions will be exposed to identical intervention content. All intervention sessions will be hosted on an institution-sponsored Zoom videoconferencing account. Week 1, Session 1 (60 minutes): Participants will meet in their group to discuss CVD risk factors and set physical activity goals. Weeks 2-4, Sessions 2-4 (60 minutes each): Participants will meet in their group to receive self-compassion education to aimed at encouraging adaptive coping with cardiovascular risk and physical activity behaviour change. Brief self-compassionate writing exercises will be assigned as home practice after Sessions 2-4.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Intervention Condition
2016
Completed Phase 2
~4990

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of ManitobaLead Sponsor
592 Previous Clinical Trials
199,274 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is this investigation actively recruiting participants?

"As per data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is not currently recruiting participants. The experiment was initially posted on September 1st 2022 and most recently edited January 12th of the same year. Despite this fact, there are 415 other trials actively searching for research subjects right now."

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~30 spots leftby Mar 2025