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Trial reportEarly intervention in psychiatry2024

Exercise behaviours and motivation after a first psychotic episode: A digital intervention.

Bernalyn Ruiz-Yu, Thanh P Le, Joseph Ventura, Armen Arevian, Gerhard S Hellemann, Keith H Nuechterlein

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Trial report in Early intervention in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Trial
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  3. International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bernalyn Ruiz-YuDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3267-6171
Thanh P LeDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Joseph VenturaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9242-7903
Armen ArevianChorus Innovations, Inc., Long Beach, California, USA.
Gerhard S HellemannDepartment of Public Health, Biostatistics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
Keith H NuechterleinDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USMaterial Innovations (United States) · USUniversity of Alabama · US

Funding

Enhancing Cognitive Training Through Exercise Following a First Schizophrenia EpisodeR01MH110544 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI NUECHTERLEIN, KEITH H · 2016 to 2022
$7.3M
Improving Cognition Through Telehealth Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training After a First Schizophrenia EpisodeR01MH130848 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KEITH H NUECHTERLEIN · 2023 to 2026
$4.9M
Clinical Research Training in Schizophrenia and Other PsychosesT32MH122395 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KEITH H NUECHTERLEIN · 2021 to 2026
$1.8M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110544NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH130848NIMH NIH HHS RO1 MH110544NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH122395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimResearch has demonstrated that participation in aerobic exercise can have significant beneficial effects across both physical and mental health domains for individuals who are in the early phase of schizophrenia. Despite these notable benefits of exercise, deficits in motivation and a lack of methods to increase engagement are significant barriers for exercise participation, limiting these potentially positive effects. Fortunately, digital health tools have the potential to improve adherence to an exercise program. The present study examined the role of motivation for exercise and the effects of an automated digital text messaging program on participation in an aerobic exercise program.

methodsA total of 46 first-episode psychosis participants from an ongoing 12-month randomized clinical trial (Enhancing Cognitive Training through Exercise Following a First Schizophrenia Episode (CT&E-RCT)) were included in an analysis to examine the efficacy of motivational text messaging. Personalized motivational text message reminders were sent to participants with the aim of increasing engagement in the exercise program.

resultsWe found that participants with higher levels of intrinsic motivation to participate in a text messaging program and in an exercise intervention completed a higher proportion of individual, at-home exercise sessions. In a between groups analysis, participants who received motivational text messages, compared to those who did not, completed a higher proportion of at-home exercise sessions.

conclusionThese results indicate the importance of considering a person's level of motivation for exercise and the potential utility of using individualized and interactive mobile text messaging reminders to increase engagement in aerobic exercise in the early phase of psychosis. We emphasize the need for understanding how individualized patient preferences and needs interplay between intrinsic motivation and digital health interventions for young adults.

Indexed as

ExerciseMotivationPsychotic DisordersText MessagingAdultExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleSchizophreniaYoung Adultaerobic exercisedigital interventionfirst episode psychosisintrinsic motivationtext‐messaging program

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PMID38356325
PMCPMC11322420
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