NCT07422909

Bridging the Gap: Implementing BRIDGES

Bridging the Gap: Implementing BRIDGES (Brussels Resilience and Inclusion for Depression - Guidance, Exercise and Support) to Shape Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Care. A Randomized Control Study Protocol

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Together with teenagers, we have developed a new approach: BRIDGES, which stands for "In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise, and Support." BRIDGES aims to help young people with depression get moving again in their daily lives, at their own pace and in ways that are good for them.

Detailed description

Even though physical activity is recognized for its mental and physical health benefits, we find that adolescents going through a difficult psychological period often engage in very little of it. Current physical activity offerings do not always take into account their specific needs, preferences, or daily realities. That is why we have co-created a new approach with adolescents: BRIDGES, which stands for "In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise, and Support." This project includes 18 30-minute sessions over 3 months with a physical therapist specializing in mental health, including individual follow-ups with advice and discussions, as well as putting you in touch with sports clubs or associations of your choice. The goal is to help you get moving again in your daily life, at your own pace and in a way that makes you feel good. This study has a waiting list control group, so young people can either participate immediately or wait 6 months to participate.

Conditions

• Inactive People
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The BRIDGES (In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise and Support) intervention	Described above

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-01
• Primary completion: 2027-06-30
• Completion: 2027-06-30
• First posted: 2026-02-20
• Last updated: 2026-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium