Transdiagnostic efficacy of a group exercise intervention for outpatients with heterogenous psychiatric disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise efficaciously reduces disorder-specific symptoms of psychiatric disorders. The current study aimed to examine the efficacy of a group exercise intervention on global symptom severity and disorder-specific symptoms among a mixed outpatient sample.

Methods

Groups of inactive outpatients, waiting for psychotherapy, with depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, insomnia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders were randomized to a manualized 12-week exercise intervention, combining moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise with techniques for sustainable exercise behaviour change (n = 38, female = 71.1% (n = 27), M_age = 36.66), or a passive control group (n = 36, female = 75.0% (n = 27), M_age = 34.33). Primary outcomes were global symp

SUBMITTER: Zeibig JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218400 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature