Individualized Web-Based Exercise for the Treatment of Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the high prevalence of depressive disorders, it is mandatory to develop therapeutic strategies that provide universal access and require limited financial and human resources. Web-based therapeutic approaches fulfill these conditions.

Objective

The objective of our study was to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a supervised, individualized 8-week Web-based exercise intervention conducted for patients with moderate to severe depression.

Methods

We recruited 20 patients with unipolar depression and randomly assigned them into 2 groups (intervention, exercise program group, n=14, and control, treatment-as-usual group, n=6). At baseline, depressive symptoms were rated via the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) by pat

SUBMITTER: Haller N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234340 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature