Anxiety, Mood, and Health Behaviors in Young Adults

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Sensitivity

Treatments: Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03128437

HM20009285

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 18-35
• Elevated anxiety sensitivity (ASI-3 score >=23)
• Able to safely participate in moderate-intensity physical activity as assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), which will be administered during screening

Exclusion criteria

• Current aerobic exercise routine - Measured using the L-CAT with an established cut point of >2 (assessed at screening)
• Receiving ongoing psychotherapy or counseling (Self-report at screening)
• Recent change in psychotropic medication for anxiety (Self-report at screening)
• Psychiatric hospitalization in past 6 months (Self-report at screening)
• Current pregnancy (Self-report at screening)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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69 participants in 2 patient groups

Aerobic Exercise Condition

Experimental group

Description:

6 aerobic exercise exposures will be completed over the course of 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise

Assessment Only Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomly assigned to the control condition will complete assessments at the same time intervals as the active condition, but will not participate in exercise sessions. Assessments will take place at baseline, week 2, week 4, and week 8.