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Exercise for Sedentary Lifestyle

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Eli Puterman, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of British Columbia

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up tracked weekly for 12 weeks

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Study Summary

This trial will test if a 12-week mobile health aerobic exercise intervention can help reduce depression in healthcare workers.

Eligible Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle
Depression

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ tracked biweekly for 12 weeks (baseline, followed by 12 weeks of exercise intervention)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~tracked biweekly for 12 weeks (baseline, followed by 12 weeks of exercise intervention)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and tracked biweekly for 12 weeks (baseline, followed by 12 weeks of exercise intervention) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Changes in depressive symptomology over the course of the exercise intervention

Secondary outcome measures

Change in absenteeism over the course of the exercise intervention

Change in sleep quality over the course of the exercise intervention

Change in work-family spillover over the course of the exercise intervention

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Exercise groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Weeks 1 - 12: For the duration of the study, participant will be completing any of the physical activities customizable within the Down Dog apps. He/she will be asked to complete a minimum of four 20-minute workouts per week. Every two weeks, participant will receive a survey to complete. Week 24: At week 24 (12 weeks after their initial 12-week participation in the study), participant will receive a check-in email with the final survey to complete. Investigators will also record the use of the apps at week 24.

Group II: Waitlist control groupActive Control1 Intervention

Weeks 1 - 12: For the 12 weeks of the study, participant will be asked to continue their typical, pre-study daily and weekly routine, maintaining the physical activity he/she was completing before the start of the study. Every two weeks, the participant will receive a survey to complete. Week 24: • At the end of the first 12 weeks that he/she have access to the suite of apps (i.e., 24 weeks following their randomization to the waitlist control group), participant will receive a check-in email with the final survey to complete.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Exercise

2016

Completed Phase 1

~760

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of British ColumbiaLead Sponsor

1,413 Previous Clinical Trials

2,466,673 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Sedentary Lifestyle

177 Patients Enrolled for Sedentary Lifestyle

Providence Health & ServicesOTHER

117 Previous Clinical Trials

822,247 Total Patients Enrolled

Eli Puterman, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorThe University of British Columbia

2 Previous Clinical Trials

164 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there still space available for participants to join this research endeavor?

"This clinical trial is not currently enrolling patients, as indicated on the clinicaltrials.gov website. Initially posted on March 31st 2022 and edited most recently in November 17th 2022, this particular study has been inactive for some time now; however, 1194 other trials are presently seeking participants to join their studies."

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