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Acceptance and Mindfulness for Exercise in Anxiety

NCT03818789 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2021-07-22

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Summary

Anxiety is a common experience, with the U.S. lifetime prevalence of any anxiety disorder at 28.8%. Exercise has shown large effect sizes relative to controls in reducing mood and anxiety symptoms. An anxious population generally has more difficulty when beginning or increasing an exercise regimen, due to a higher level of sensitivity to discomfort. Mindfulness practices may be helpful in improving adherence to an exercise program. A similar study has shown that mindfulness may reduce perceived effort and make exercise more enjoyable. Furthermore, mindfulness has been shown to be an effective intervention in reducing anxiety and physical discomfort. The investigators intend to use a brief intervention incorporating strategies of mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in conjunction with exercise to ease the transition into regular/increased physical exercise. Measures of anxiety sensitivity and perceived stress will be included to measure whether they change, and their possible effect as moderating variables on exercise adherence.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness and acceptance training

A breathing mediation, body scan, talking about acceptance, and presence activity are used. All are low-impact and expected to cause no distress

BEHAVIORAL

Study skills video

A YouTube video describing study skills and suggested habits is used as a control condition.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Texas at Austin

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-23
Primary Completion
2020-03-15
Completion
2020-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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