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Outdoor Exercise Program for Mental Illness (PARCS Trial)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Gina M Besenyi, MPH, PhD

Research Sponsored by Kansas State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up after completion of all waves of the study (approximately 2 years)

Awards & highlights

PARCS Trial Summary

This trialwill test if an outdoor exercise program can help people with mental illness.

Who is the study for?

The PARCS study is for adults with serious mental illness who are part of a community mental health center's peer support program and have been medically cleared to engage in physical activity. It's not suitable for those under 18 or anyone unable to get physician clearance for exercise.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

This study tests a park-based physical activity intervention against an active control group to see if it reduces cardiometabolic risk in adults with serious mental illness participating in peer group treatment.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

While the trial focuses on exercise, potential side effects might include typical risks associated with physical activity such as muscle strains, joint pain, or fatigue, especially if participants are not accustomed to regular exercise.

PARCS Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ after completion of all waves of the study (approximately 2 years)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~after completion of all waves of the study (approximately 2 years)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and after completion of all waves of the study (approximately 2 years) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Acceptability - Change in PA Enjoyment

Acceptability - PA session satisfaction

Feasibility - Attendance

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Aerobic Fitness

Change in Exercise Goal Setting

Change in Self-efficacy and Intensions for Spending Time in Nature

+3 more

Other outcome measures

Change in Anxiety

Change in Body Composition

Change in Depressive Symptoms

+3 more

PARCS Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

PARCS is a park-based physical activity intervention including aerobic and resistance training adapted for adults with serious mental illness and led by certified peer counselors as part of peer group mental health recovery services.

Group II: Active ControlActive Control1 Intervention

The active control group will receive information about the importance of park-based PA and a map of local park locations but will not participate in structured park-based PA sessions. Participants in the control group will be invited to participate in park PA sessions after they have completed posttest. Participants in both groups will receive usual care outpatient peer group treatment services, including routine counseling and health and wellness information/activities given by CPSs.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Augusta UniversityOTHER

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84,968 Total Patients Enrolled

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Dartmouth CollegeOTHER

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University of CincinnatiOTHER

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634,286 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Park-based physical activity Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05457179 — N/A

Mental Disorders Research Study Groups: Active Control, Intervention

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial 2023: Park-based physical activity Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05457179 — N/A

Park-based physical activity 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05457179 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any available slots in this clinical experiment for participants?

"This medical trial, which was first announced on August 1st 2022 and last edited in January 19th 2023, is no longer actively recruiting. Nevertheless, 346 other clinical studies are still searching for participants at the present moment."

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What is the ultimate objective of this medical research?

"This trial's primary outcome, evaluated over a 12-week period is participant attendance. Secondary objectives comprise of alterations to social support and exercise as gauged by the Social Support and Exercise Survey, changes in goal setting practices measured via the Exercise Goal Setting Scale, and aerobic fitness monitored during a 6-minute walk test."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Physical Activity to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in Adults With Serious Mental Illness (PARCS) Study

Gina Besenyi 2022. "Physical Activity to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in Adults With Serious Mental Illness (PARCS) Study". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05457179.

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