Trial reportBMC public health2011
Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of preferred intensity exercise in women living with depression.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00546221 (Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of a Preferred Intensity Exercise Programme to Improve Physiological and Associated Psychological, Social, and Wellbeing Outcomes of Women Living With Depression), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of a Preferred Intensity Exercise Programme to Improve Physiological and Associated Psychological, Social, and Wellbeing Outcomes of Women Living With Depression
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of patient choice on uptake, adherence, and outcomes across depression, anxiety, and eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative Effectiveness of Multiple Exercise Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Multidimensional analyses of the effect of exercise on women with depression: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of exercise training on psychological outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Physical activity motives, barriers, and preferences in people with obesity: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- [Physical activity as therapeutic intervention for depression].Der Nervenarzt · 2017Pooled it
- Web-based exercise interventions for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Pooled it
- Efficacy of high-intensity interval training for improving mental health and health-related quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of preferred intensity exercise in depressed adult women in the United Kingdom: secondary analysis of individual variability of depression.BMC public health · 2019Trial
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- Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: study design of a waitlist-controlled randomized group pilot study and the first results.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Automated Personalized Goal Setting for Individual Exercise Behavior: Protocol for a Web-Based Adaptive Intervention Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Effect of combined aerobic and resistance training with self-selected intensity on clinical parameters and fitness in a patient with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Associations between depressive symptoms and frequency, intensity, duration, and style of walking in survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
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- A Systematic Review of the Aerobic Exercise Program Variables for Patients with Non-Specific Neck Pain: Effectiveness and Clinical Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Physical Activity for Cognitive Health: A Model for Intervention Design for People Experiencing Cognitive Concerns and Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- Assessing the meaningful change threshold of Quality of Life in Depression Scale using data from two phase 3 studies of esketamine nasal spray.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2022Article
- The effect of exercise on resilience, its mediators and moderators, in a general population during the UK COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a cross-sectional online study.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundExercise may be effective in treating depression, but trials testing its effect in depressed women are rare.
aimTo compare the effect of exercise of preferred intensity with exercise of prescribed intensity in thirty-eight women living with depression.
methodsA Pragmatic RCT of 12 sessions of exercise at preferred intensity compared with 12 sessions at prescribed intensity. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES), General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12), heart rate (HR), Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale (RPE), Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS), Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MDSPSS), SF12 Health Survey and exercise participation rates were compared between groups.
resultsIntervention participants had statistically better BDI (t = 2.638, df = 36, p = 0.006, 95% mean (SD) 26.5 (10.7), CI-20.4 to -2.7, d = 0.86), GHQ-12 (t = 3.284, df = 36, p = 0.001, mean (SD) 8.3 (3.7) 95% CI -6.5 to -1.5, d = 1.08), RSES (t = 2.045, df = 36, p = 0.024, mean (SD) 11.3 (5.8), 95% CI 0.3 -6.4, d = 0.25), QLDS (t = 1.902, df = 36, p = 0.0325, mean (SD) 15.5 (7.9), 95% CI -12.2 -0.4, d = 0.27) RPE scores (t = 1.755, df = 36, p = 0.0475, mean (SD) 9.2 (3.2), 95% CI -.5 - 5.2, d = 0.77) and attended more exercise sessions (t = 1.781, df = 36, p = 0.0415, number of sessions 8 (65%), 95% CI-0.3 -4.8, d = 0.58). SF-12, MSPSS and HR did not differ significantly between groups.
conclusionsExercise of preferred intensity improves psychological, physiological and social outcomes, and exercise participation rates in women living with depression.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00546221.
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