Physical Activity in the Format of Self-defence Training for Depressive Symptoms

NCT ID: NCT05313542

Last Updated: 2022-07-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-08-31

Brief Summary

Inadequate mental health care capacity is a long-standing issue in Hong Kong (Yang & Mak, 2020). For example, a recent study predicts an additional 12% service need for specialist psychiatric care (Ni et al., 2020). It would be helpful to develop interventions that would ease the high demand of the health care system. Physical activity has been shown to reduce depressive symptoms in a number of studies (Bellón et al., 2021; Josefsson et al., 2014; Kvam et al., 2018; Schuch et al., 2016). Its flexibility and low-cost nature make physical activity a good intervention option for depressed individuals to do it anytime and anywhere.

This study aims to investigate the effect of physical activity intervention in the format of self-defence training on depressive symptoms. Around 40 eligible participants with at least moderate level of depressive symptoms will be randomly assigned to the physical activity (PA) group and waitlist (WL) control group. The PA group will receive a 6-week home-based self-defence training programme consisting of 120 min video training (including daily practice time) per week. Self-report questionnaires will be collected at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and 4-week follow up assessments. The primary outcome measure will be the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to evaluate depression severity. Secondary outcomes will include psychological health symptoms, sleep quality, lifestyle, and quality of life. This research will provide new perspectives on the application of physical activity in the form of self-defence training as an intervention for depressive individuals.

Conditions

Depressive Symptoms

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Physical Activity Group (PA group)

The PA group will receive a 6-week home-based self-defence training programme consisting of 120 min video training (including daily practice time) per week. Self-report questionnaires will be collected at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and 4-week follow up assessments.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity in the format of Self-defence Training

Waitlist Group (WL group)

The waitlist group will receive access to the programme at the end of study.

Group Type: OTHER

Physical Activity

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity in the format of Self-defence Training

Interventions

Physical Activity

Physical Activity in the format of Self-defence Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 to 65 years old
• Hong Kong Residents
• Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score ≥ 10; and
• Willingness to provide informed consent and comply with the trial protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with any cardiovascular diseases
• Receiving psychological treatment or medication for psychiatric disorders
• Participated in self defence training in the past 6 months

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Fiona YY Ho

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, , Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong

Central Contacts

Angel Lee

Role: CONTACT

angellyy@link.cuhk.edu.hk

39436575

Other Identifiers

PSY021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id