NCT03128437

Anxiety, Mood, and Health Behaviors in Young Adults

The Relationship Between Anxiety, Mood, and Health Behaviors in Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a randomized control trial to test the effect of an anxiety sensitivity intervention on health behaviors among 18-35 year-olds.

Detailed description

This is a 2-arm randomized control trial to test the effect of an anxiety sensitivity intervention on health behaviors among 18-35 year-olds. Participants will be 18-35 year-olds with high anxiety sensitivity randomized to 1)Exercise Exposure Intervention or 2)Assessment Only Control Condition. Participants in both groups will be followed for 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Anxiety Sensitivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aerobic Exercise	At each of the six exposure sessions, participants will be invited to engage in 2-minute warm-up on the treadmill. Following this warm-up period, participants will be asked to briskly walk or jog on the treadmill at a speed that maintains their heart rate at 60-80% of maximum age-predicted heart rate for 20 minutes using the formula: (220-age) x (0.60 \[lower bound\] or 0.80 \[upper bound\]). Participants will be fitted with a heart rate monitor, which will be checked by a research assistant at 5-minute intervals in order to ensure adherence to this prescription; participants will be asked to adjust treadmill speed in order to remain in this range. Following each 20-minute exposure, participants will complete 5 minutes of cool down walking on the treadmill. Assessments will take place at baseline, week 2 (post-intervention), week 4, and week 8.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-09
• Primary completion: 2019-10-07
• Completion: 2019-10-07
• First posted: 2017-04-25
• Last updated: 2019-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States