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Efficacy of Exercise as an Adjunct Treatment for Clinically Depressed Inpatients During the Initial Stages of Antidepressant Therapy. (PEXAT)
35 participants diagnosed with major depressive disorder were randomized in 3 intervention groups: (1) aerobic exercise (AE) ; (2) placebo (stretching) exercise (ST); and (3) no intervention (control group; NI). The intervention length was 10 consecutive days. In groups 1 (aerobic exercise) and 2 (sham exercise), participants exercised for 30 minutes each day. Depressive symptoms were assessed the day before the beginning of intervention and the day after the end of intervention for participants of both groups.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 48 |
| Start date | 2011-06 |
| Completion | 2015-07 |
Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder
Interventions
- physical exercise
Primary outcomes
- Score change on the 21-item Beck depression inventory (BDI-II). Each item has a set of severity-graded self-evaluative statements that are rated 0 (neutral) to 3 (maximum severity). — Baseline and 10 days