Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02850341
Step Away From Depression - Evaluation of a Pedometer Intervention With Inpatients With Major Depression
Step Away From Depression - Evaluation of a Pedometer Intervention With Inpatients With Major Depression - A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 292 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of pedometers can help depressive inpatients in psychiatric clinics to increase their level of physical activity. Therefore patients are given a pedometer and instructions how to raise their level of daily steps. Intervention group is compared with a control group that is receiving treatment-as-usual. The intervention is hypothesized to increase number of daily steps and have positive effects on mood, depression and anxiety.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Pedometer | Patients receive a pedometer with instructions how to raise their number of daily steps |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-01-01
- Completion
- 2020-01-01
- First posted
- 2016-08-01
- Last updated
- 2021-09-01
Locations
9 sites across 2 countries: Austria, Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02850341. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.