Can high-intensity interval/circuit training improve the cognitive function and quality of life of patients in recovery from substance use disorder?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Substance use disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

• Registration Number: ISRCTN74750479
• Lead Sponsor: Center for Alcohol and Drug Research Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02564 (added 19/07/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-06-17
• Study Completion: 2020-12-26
• Last Update Posted: 2 August 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. SUD diagnosis.
2. Admitted as an inpatient to FAB.
3. 18 years of age or older.
4. Pass the physical evaluation for the institution to perform intensive training.
5. Light to moderate psychiatric diagnoses.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Medical history that could interfere with or be worsened by physical activity e.g. paralysis, inability to sit, stand and/or walk, severe pain, obstructive disease, glaucoma.
2. Severe cognitive deficit e.g. dementia.
2.1. A severe cognitive deficiency will be assessed based on two questions: ‘Do you have troubles with your memory that affects your daily life?’ and ‘Do you have a diagnosis for dementia?’.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Cognitive function over time is measured at baseline, quarterly and at 1 year using the following neurophysiological tests:<br> 1. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R).<br> 2. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).<br> 3. Behaviour Rate Inventory of Execution Function-Adult Version (The BRIEF-A).<br> 4. The Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT).<br> 5. The Trail Making Test.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical fitness is with the Rockport 1-Mile Walk Test, 30 Second Chair Stand Test. 1-minute Burpee test and the presence of six different primitive reflexes including the Palmar Grasp Reflex, Glabellar Reflex, Moro Reflex at baseline and week 5.