Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02743143
Long-Term Exercise Training Therapy Versus Usual Care in Patients With Schizophrenia
Effectiveness of 1 Year Supervised Exercise Training Versus Usual Care on Cardiovascular Health, Functional Skills and Physical Fitness in Patients With Schizophrenia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Patients with schizophrenia have disabling symptoms and cognitive deficits that limit motivation, drive, social- and occupational performance, quality of life and self-efficacy. Schizophrenia also leads to a high risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Explanatory trials suggest that exercise improves cognitive functioning, symptoms, and quality of life, and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, due to this illness, the participation in regular exercise is challenging. In this study it will be tested if patients with schizophrenia can participate in long-term exercise therapy, and whether long-term supervised exercise therapy is more beneficial than today's usual care.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Exercise therapy | |
| OTHER | Follow-up care as usual |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-01
- Completion
- 2018-06-01
- First posted
- 2016-04-19
- Last updated
- 2019-10-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02743143. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.