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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
334 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-06-01
2020-11-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Engaging in regular physical activity confers reduced risk for mental disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety) in clinical and non-clinical populations. The investigators' recent evidence also suggests that becoming physically active reduces depressive symptoms, as well as negative affect and rumination on a daily basis, while improving daily positive affect and a sense of control in highly stressed adults. With fitness centres currently closed by mandate, becoming physically active during the COVID-19 pandemic could prove to be a challenge for individuals who are typically inactive, those mandated to stay-at-home, or those who do not have opportunities to access outdoor spaces that provide the recommended two meters of distance between people. Thus, the investigators seek to support those living under stay-at-home mandates with access to mobile apps that provide opportunities to be physically active in the home environment.
The study will focus on physical activities requiring little physical space or equipment that are easily completed at home. The study includes yoga, a movement-based activity that promotes relaxation and mindfulness and only requires space for the full length and width of one's body, and a mat as equipment. Yoga has been shown to be effective in improving physical function and quality of life in RCTs. The study also includes whole body weight (WBW)-based HIIT, which also only requires a mat, making it an excellent home-based form of aerobic exercise. HIIT is characterized as bouts of high-intensity exercise combined with periods of recovery or lower intensity activity. Its physical and psychological benefits compared to continuous moderate intensity training are often evidenced to be equal or significantly stronger.
Aims. The primary outcome will be a measure of depressive symptomology. It is hypothesized that those who actively use the yoga and/or WBW-HIIT mobile apps will improve in their depressive symptomatology compared to the waitlist control group over the course of the 6-week RCT. The study will also include measures of, as secondary outcomes, psychological distress, quality of life, and self-reported physical health, and expect decreases in distress and increases in the remaining outcomes. The researchers will also investigate whether effects are stronger in those (a) who currently live alone vs. live with others, or (b) with poorer levels of psychological health pre-randomization.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Yoga Exercise group
Using the Down Dog app, this group will be given access to an at-home personalized yoga practice, unique every time the participants complete it. Asked to complete yoga practice 4 times per week for 6 weeks. Weekly surveys will be administered to monitor wellbeing and health throughout the intervention. The second 6 weeks of the study, participants will have continued access to the Down Dog app and a final wellbeing and health survey will be administered at the end of the second 6 weeks.
Yoga group
At-home yoga exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
High Intensity Interval Training group
Using the Down Dog app, this group will be given access to at-home bodyweight high intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts. Asked to complete these HIIT workouts 4 times per week for 6 weeks. Weekly surveys will be administered to monitor wellbeing and health throughout the intervention. The second 6 weeks of the study, participants will have continued access to the Down Dog app and a final wellbeing and health survey will be administered at the end of the second 6 weeks.
High Intensity Interval Training group
At-home HIIT exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
Combination Yoga & HIIT group
Using the Down Dog app, this group will be given access to both the unique yoga practice and bodyweight HIIT workouts. Asked to complete 2 yoga and 2 HIIT workouts per week. Weekly surveys will be administered to monitor wellbeing and health throughout the intervention. The second 6 weeks of the study, participants will have continued access to the Down Dog app and a final wellbeing and health survey will be administered at the end of the second 6 weeks.
Combination
At-home yoga \& HIIT exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
Control group
This group will be maintaining their pre-study activity levels for the first 6 weeks of the study. Weekly surveys will be administered to monitor wellbeing and health throughout the intervention. Then the participants will be given access to all the Down Dog apps (both yoga and HIIT included) to use as the participants please for the following 6 weeks. A final wellbeing and health survey at the end of the second 6 weeks will be administered.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Yoga group
At-home yoga exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
High Intensity Interval Training group
At-home HIIT exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
Combination
At-home yoga \& HIIT exercise instruction provided by a mobile/tablet app or through a computer web browser
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Still working or pre-retirement
* Currently completing less than 150 minutes of moderate activity per week, and/or 75 minutes if vigorous activity per week
* has at-home internet/computer access
* English speaking
Exclusion Criteria
* Meeting activity guidelines (i.e. at least 150 min of moderate or 75 min of vigorous intensity exercise per week
* Major health conditions that limit ability to exercise
* Hospitalization in the last 3 months
18 Years
64 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of British Columbia
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Eli Puterman
Assistant Professor
Locations
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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H20-01497
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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