NCT00643695

Efficacy of an Exercise Intervention to Decrease Depressive Symptoms in Veterans With Hepatitis C

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Portland VA Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, depressed veterans with hepatitis C will be randomly assigned to the control group or to the exercise intervention group. The exercise intervention is designed to begin slowly for most participants and to progress within each participant's target heart rate range for moderate intensity exercise. The exercise intervention is a 12 week home based walking program. Ideally individuals will walk for 30 minutes, at a moderate intensity, a minimum of three times per week. However, the duration and relative intensity will be tailored for each individual. Central Hypothesis Veterans who receive the exercise intervention will be significantly less symptomatic for depression than veterans in the control group.

Conditions

• Hepatitis C
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Home-based walking program	The exercise intervention is a 12 week home-based exercise program. Ideally Individuals will walk for 30 minutes, at a moderate intensity, a minimum of three times per week. However, the duration and relative intensity will be tailored for each individual.
OTHER	Educational intervention	Participants in the control group will receive a packet of information regarding hepatitis C

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2008-03-26
• Last updated: 2016-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States