Trial reportCommunity mental health journal2011
Effect of a motivational intervention on exercise behavior in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Trial report in Community mental health journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise Improves Clinical Symptoms, Quality of Life, Global Functioning, and Depression in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2016Pooled it
- Exercise therapy in adults with serious mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2014Pooled it
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- Impact of Online Weight Management With Peer Coaching on Physical Activity Levels of Adults With Serious Mental Illness.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2018Trial
- Using motivational techniques to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in long term psychiatric inpatients: a naturalistic interventional study.BMC psychiatry · 2018Trial
- A brief intervention to improve exercising in patients with schizophrenia: a controlled pilot study with mental contrasting and implementation intentions (MCII).BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- A Supervised Exercise Intervention for Youth at Risk for Psychosis: An Open-Label Pilot Study.The Journal of clinical psychiatryTrial
- Physical health and activity management in forensic mental healthcare: hospital practices and staff insights from an Australian national study.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- Health care workers' experiences of exercise in forensic psychiatry: a qualitative focus group study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Recovery-Oriented Practices in Community-based Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Nutrition, Sleep, and Exercise as Healthy Behaviors in Schizotypy: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The synergistic benefits of physical and cognitive exercise in schizophrenia: Promoting motivation to enhance community effectiveness.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2020Article
- Lessons Learned From a Physical Activity Intervention in Psychiatric Treatment: Patient, Staff, and Leader Perspectives.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Sports psychiatry: mental health and mental disorders in athletes and exercise treatment of mental disorders.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2019Review
- Why Do People With Schizophrenia Exercise? A Mixed Methods Analysis Among Community Dwelling Regular Exercisers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Challenges in implementing an exercise intervention within residential psychiatric care: A mixed methods study.Mental health and physical activity · 2017Article
- Metabolic syndrome, serious mental illnesses & lifestyle.The Indian journal of medical research · 2016Article
- Adherence to a Videogame-Based Physical Activity Program for Older Adults with Schizophrenia.Games for health journal · 2014Article
- Physical performance and disability in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2014Article
- Utilization of a cardiometabolic health nurse - a novel strategy to manage comorbid physical and mental illness.Journal of comorbidity · 2014Article
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8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Ninety seven outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) were randomly assigned to the Walk, Address Sensations, Learn About Exercise, Cue Exercise Behavior for SSDs (WALC-S), a motivational intervention designed to increase exercise in SSDs (n = 48), or a time and attention control group (TAC, n = 49). WALC-S and TAC groups met weekly for 4 weeks before a 16 week walking program was offered to all subjects. We compared the exercise attendance, persistence and compliance of the groups during the walking program. WALC-S recipients attended more walking groups, for more weeks and walked more minutes than those receiving TAC. Percent of WALC-S or TAC groups attended was significantly correlated with overall attendance (r = 0.38, P = 0.001) and persistence (r = -.29, P = 0.01), as well as number of minutes walked. This study is among the first to examine interventions designed to enhance exercise motivation in SSDs.
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