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EXercise Training for Reducing Anxiety in First-Time Inmates

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Anxiety State
Interventions
Behavioral: exercise training
Registration Number
NCT04019171
Lead Sponsor
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
43
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

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
interval exercise trainingexercise training-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in state anxietybefore 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.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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