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NCT06190327
Effects of a Blended Indoor and Outdoor Physical Exercise Program on Depressive Symptoms in Hong Kong Older Adults
NA trial testing Blended indoor and outdoor multicomponent structured exercise in Depressive Symptoms in 144 participants. Status unknown.
1 July 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Hong Kong Baptist University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Status unknown |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 144 |
| Start date | 1 April 2023 |
| Primary completion | 1 July 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 3 November 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Hong Kong |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Blended indoor and outdoor multicomponent structured exercise
- Indoor-only multicomponent structured exercise
Conditions studied
- Depressive Symptoms — all drugs for Depressive Symptoms →
Sponsor
Hong Kong Baptist University
Who can join
Adults 60 to 74, any sex, with Depressive Symptoms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Depression is a mental health problem often occurring in the elderly. Performing physical exercise is a key element in decreasing depressive symptoms in older adults. Most studies investigating depression and physical exercise have focused on structured exercise comprise of one or two exercise components and based on the clinical patients associated with major depression. There is limited research combining multicomponent (aerobic+resistance+balance) in an exercise program and targeting non-clinical adults with depressive symptoms, with even less available for older adults. More attention has been paid to the role of outdoor exercise on human health. Exercise in a natural environment may provide greater physiological and psychological benefits compared to indoor exercise. Findings demonstrated that green exercise provides double the beneficial effect on improving depression among adults. Although green exercise shows effects on the improvement of depression, recently a review has indicated that structured exercise programs in older adults with depressive symptoms were mainly conducted in the indoor environment. Compared with outdoor exercise which is easily influenced by the weather and with low access of available facilities, indoor exercise is more comfortable, quiet, and convenient to operate especially for older adults. Considering the high relevance between nature and mental health, the combination of indoor and outdoor exercise programs might be able to maximize intervention effectiveness while maintaining the benefits for each type of intervention.Therefore, more rigorous RCT studies in this field are needed, particularly for non-clinical older adults with depressive symptoms.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Effect of a blended indoor and outdoor multicomponent structured exercise on depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
Cheng S, Duan Y, Lau WB, Liang W, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41239372 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-025-25244-0 -
The effect of a blended indoor and outdoor multicomponent structured exercise program on depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
CHENG S, DUAN Y, LAU WB, LIANG W, et al · · 2024 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4274102/v1
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- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hong Kong Baptist University
- Last refreshed: 5 January 2024
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