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NCT Number: NCT04019171

EXercise Training for Reducing Anxiety in First-Time Inmates

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

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety State Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

20 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Exercise Training

Behavioral

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)

Primary outcomes

  1. change in state anxiety

    Time frame: before and after the 6 weeks of intervention

    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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Interval Exercise Training for Reducing Anxiety in First-Time Inmates

Acronym: EXTRA

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 15, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 15, 2019

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