EXercise Training for Reducing Anxiety in First-Time Inmates

N/ACompletedNCT04019171

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne43 enrolled

Overview

Clinical trial with 2 arms ("interval exercise training" or "waiting list") aiming at evaluating the anxiolytic effects of a 6 weeks-long exercise training program in first-time prisoners with elevated anxiety symtpoms

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Anxiety State

Interventions

exercise trainingBEHAVIORAL

6 weeks of physical exercise training. 3 sessions per week. Session duration : 40 minutes. Self-regulated exercise intensity using Borg's ratings of perceived exertion (RPE)

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 50 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * First-time prisoners ; elevated state anxiety (\> 40 on the state anxiety inventory) Exclusion Criteria: * Symptoms of and/or known cardiovascular, metabolic, psychiatric, neurological or neurodevelopmental disease

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

change in state anxiety

pre- to post-intervention change in the State Anxiety Inventory score (STAI; Spielberger et al., 1993). The STAI has 20 items assessed on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (most intensive). Consequently, the range of possible scores is 20-80.

Time frame: before and after the 6 weeks of intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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