NCT04026152

Exercising With Anxiety: Can Cognitive Behavioural Techniques Help People With Anxiety-related Disorders Exercise More?

Completed NA Last updated 5 February 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Resistance training in Anxiety Disorders in 59 participants. Completed in 1 September 2020.

Timeline

14 July 2019

Primary endpoint
1 August 2020

1 September 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Regina
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	59
Start date	14 July 2019
Primary completion	1 August 2020
Estimated completion	1 September 2020
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• Resistance training
• Unified Protocol

Conditions studied

• Anxiety Disorders — all drugs for Anxiety Disorders →
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder — all drugs for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder →
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder — all drugs for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder →

Sponsor

University of Regina

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Anxiety Disorders or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Anxiety-related disorders such as panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder are among the most prevalent mental health disorders affecting Canadian adults. Lack of access to evidence-based treatments prevents many people with high levels of anxiety from receiving appropriate care. Evidence shows that exercise is an alternative option for alleviating anxiety that could be appealing to individuals with high levels of anxiety who are unable, or unwilling, to access other evidence-based treatments. Unfortunately, people with high levels of anxiety tend to have a hard time using exercise independently as a strategy to manage their anxiety, in part, because many aspects of exercising can be anxiety-provoking (e.g., physical sensations produced by exercise, opportunities for evaluation by others, crowded exercise environments). Cognitive-behavioral techniques are therapeutic tools that could help these people overcome their anxiety about exercising and support them as they make positive health behavioural changes; however, however, no study to date has explored this possibility. The proposed study will use rigorous experimental techniques to determine whether an exercise-focused cognitive behavioural psychological intervention can support people with anxiety-related disorders to become more physically active and experience the reductions in anxiety that comes from making this lifestyle change.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.