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NCT Number: NCT04141202

Structured Physical Exercise in Short-term Inpatient Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

In 2017, structured physical exercise with high intensity was implemented as a part of the treatment program at St. Olav Hospital Clinic of Substance Use and Addiction Medicine.

The objective of this study is to examine whether implementing structured physical exercise in the treatment program has implications for patients' physical and mental health and quality of life after completing a 3 month residential treatment program.

The results of this study will benefit substance use disorder patients in the future, and may have an impact on further implementation of physical exercise in addiction treatment clinics both nationally and internationally.

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Key information

Conditions

Substance-related Disorders Chemically-Induced Disorders Drug Abuse Drug Dependence Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

St Olavs Hospital HF Klinikk for rus og avhengighetsmedisin

Trondheim, 7010, Norway

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Grete Flemmen, phd

CONTACT

[email protected]

+47 908 77 876

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being an inpatient at the clinic

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical health

    Time frame: 18 months

    Change in oxygen uptake

  2. Physical health

    Time frame: 18 months

    Change in maximum leg strength

  3. Mental health

    Time frame: 18 months

    assessed by a in-house developed questionnaire, which is composed of 4 parts: Severity of Dependence 5-items (each of the five items is scored on a 4-point scale (0-3). Total score is the sum of the 5-item ratings. The higher the score the higher the level of dependence); Circumstances, Motivation, Readiness, and Suitability instrument (Five items measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (totally agree). High scores indicate increased intrinsic motivation); Quality-of-Life rating five items recorded on a five-point Likert scale: 1 (very poor) - 5 (very good). The raw scores are transformed to a decimal scale, ranging from 0.1 worst score to 0.9 best score); Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10): Ten items recorded on a four-point Likert scale: (1) not at all - (4) extremely.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Grete Flemmen, phd

CONTACT

[email protected]

+47 908 77 876

Henrik Loe, phd

CONTACT

[email protected]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Olavs Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

Structured Physical Exercise in Short-term Inpatient Treatment of Substance Use Disorder: Implications for Abstinence, Quality of Life, Physical- and Mental Health

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2035
Study completion
2035
First posted
Oct 28, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 21, 2026

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