Supervised, Vigorous Intensity Exercise Intervention for Depressed Female Smokers: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Few studies have evaluated exercise interventions for smokers with depression or other psychiatric comorbidities. This pilot study evaluated the potential role of supervised vigorous exercise as a smoking cessation intervention for depressed females.

Methods

Thirty adult women with moderate-severe depressive symptoms were enrolled and randomly assigned to 12 weeks of thrice weekly, in person sessions of vigorous intensity supervised exercise at a YMCA setting (EX; n = 15) or health education (HE; n = 15). All participants received behavioral smoking cessation counseling and nicotine patch therapy. Assessments were done in person at baseline, at the end of 12 weeks of treatment, and at 6 months post-target quit date. Primary end points were exercise adherence (pr

SUBMITTER: Patten CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5157716 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature