Motivation and Barriers for Exercise in Patients With Anxiety or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Conditions
- ExerciseMotivation
- Registration Number
- NCT03818425
- Lead Sponsor
- Universitaet Innsbruck
- Brief Summary
Relevance and Aim: There has been increasing research interest in sport preferences and motivational factors as well as barriers that restrain from engaging in sport activities in people suffering from mental illnesses. Anxiety disorders are one of the leading mental disorders worldwide. Exercise has previously shown anxiolytic effects and is discussed as an adjunctive treatment option in clinical practice. This study aims to depict motivation and barriers in patients with anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorders.
Design and Participants: Observational study of patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder (ICD-10)
Measurements: Structured questionnaire compounded of validated scales for current physical activity, sport motivation, exercise preferences, perceived barriers , self-efficacy, social support for physical activity, motivation,enjoyment, quality of life as well as sociodemographic data.
Duration: The questionnaire will require approximately 20 minutes, the overall duration is 3 months. Personal assistance for completing the questionnaire will be provided if necessary.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 460
- In- and out-patients with a diagnosed anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder (F40, F41, F43.1; ICD-10)
- 18 to 65 years
- acute psychosis or suicidal behaviour
- cognitive deficits
- problems with German language
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity 5 minutes self reported, actual physical activity, measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, IPAQ-SF; Craig et al., 2003
Sport motivation 5 minutes measured by the Exercise Motivation Inventory, EMI-2; Markland \& Hardy,1993
Perceived barriers 5 minutes measured by 12 questions referring to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman \& Faulkner, 2007
Self-efficacy for physical activity 1 minute single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman \& Faulkner, 2007
Social support for physical activity 1 minute single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman \& Faulkner, 2007
Motivation for physical activity 1 minute single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman \& Faulkner, 2007
Enjoyment of physical activity 1 minute single item question according to Ussher, Stanbury, Cheeseman \& Faulkner, 2007
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Innsbruck
🇦🇹Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria