NCT02648321

Motivational Intervention for Physical Activity in Psychosis

Motivational Intervention of Exercise in Patients With Psychosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether motivational intervention is effective in promoting exercise habit in patients with psychosis.

Detailed description

The current study aims to investigate the beneficial effect of motivational intervention in promoting exercise habit in patients with psychosis. Outpatients will be recruited and will be randomized to a 12-week motivational intervention program. They will be assessed for their clinical symptoms, cognitive function, physical fitness, and quality of life. All patients will have cognitive function assessments at baseline, 12 weeks after the completion of the program and 6 months. The primary hypothesis of the current study is that motivational intervention can help patient to develop exercise habit in patients with early psychosis.

Conditions

• Psychotic Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interviewing	Motivational Interviewing is a patient-centered, tailored counselling intervention for exercise, through which patients' motives to change are identified. Personal ideas and ambivalence are explored. The discrepancies between the present behavior and the patient's own future goals are amplified. The patient's intrinsic motivation for change is increased through the process.
BEHAVIORAL	Health Education	General education about healthy lifestyle and diet.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2016-01-07
• Last updated: 2016-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China