Trial reportBMC public health2019
The effect of exercise as adjunctive treatment on quality of life for individuals with alcohol use disorders: a randomized controlled trial.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supervised exercise as adjunctive treatment for substance use disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of physical exercise on the emotional and cognitive levels of patients with substance use disorder: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Psychosocial outcomes of group-based physical activity among individuals with substance use disorders: a scoping review.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- Aerobic exercise for substance use disorders: therapeutic effects and underlying mechanisms.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Quality of life measures in treatment for active substance misuse: a scoping review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of Progressive Aerobic Training on Executive-Reward Network Connectivity and Symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Review
- Aerobic exercise as a promising nonpharmacological therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders.Journal of neuroscience research · 2022Review
- Development of a General Health Score Based on 12 Objective Metabolic and Lifestyle Items: The Lifestyle and Well-Being Index.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- State of Knowledge on Molecular Adaptations to Exercise in Humans: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions.Comprehensive Physiology · 2022Article
- Longitudinal study of patients' health-related quality of life using EQ-5D-3L in 11 Swedish National Quality Registers.BMJ open · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundA physically active lifestyle contributes to the prevention of lifestyle diseases, promotion of physical health, and reduction of pain, among other benefits. Being physically active also promotes mental health for many individuals, in the form of improved mood, increased self-efficacy and reduced risk of depression. Alcohol-dependent individuals may experience a better quality of life when supplementing their treatment with physical exercise. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of exercise on Quality of Life among patients with alcohol use disorder in a large randomized controlled trial.
methodsThe study had three arms: Patients were allocated to (A) treatment as usual, (B) treatment as usual and supervised group exercise two days a week of one hour each, (C) treatment as usual and individual physical exercise minimum two days a week. Duration of the intervention was six months. Data on values of Quality of Life were collected at baseline (before treatment start and at time of enrollment in the study), and at follow-up (at six months after enrollment in the study) using the EQ-5D questionnaire and the EQ-VAS. The sample consisted of 117 consecutive patients, and the follow-up rate was 66.6%. Intention-to-treat analyses were conducted to evaluate the effect of exercise on quality of life.
resultsAlthough not statistically significant, a substantial portion of the participants in the individual exercise condition reported that they had no pain or discomfort (one of the five quality of life dimensions measured by EQ-5D questionnaire) compared to the controls at follow-up. No difference was found between the groups regarding the EQ-VAS.
conclusionThe exercise intervention had no effect on quality of life for patients with alcohol use disorder, nor was quality of life improved across the total sample. More research in how to improve quality of life for patients with alcohol use disorder is needed.
trial registrationISRCTN74889852 (retrospectively registered, date: 16/05/2013).
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