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Acute effects of climbing therapy in comparison to Nordic Walking on affective responses, state anxiety, and self-efficacy in adults with mental health disorders during inpatient treatment: a pragmatic practice-based clinical trial

Acute effects of climbing therapy in comparison to Nordic Walking on affective responses, state anxiety, and self-efficacy in adults with mental health disorders during inpatient treatment: a pragmatic practice-based clinical trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00028646
Enrollment
25
Registered
2022-04-11
Start date
2021-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F32 F40 F41 F42

Interventions

Group 1: Patients of a psychosomatic clinic took part in three different interventions in random order: therapeutic climbing, Nordic walking and sedentary control group. In the therapeutic climbing in

Sponsors

Universität Innsbruck
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patients in an inpatient setting with depression, anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: weight over 120-kilogram acute psychosis acute suicide risk acute cardiovascular complaints explicit orthopaedic problems other medical contraindications to sport

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
affectiv responses: - Positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) before (t0) and after (t2) the intervention - Feeling Scale (FS) before (t0), during (t1), after the intervention (t2) and after 180 min. (t3) - Felt Arousal Scale (FAS) before (t0), during (t1), after the intervention (t2) and after 180 min. (t3) state anxiety: State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) before (t0) and after (t2) the intervention Self-efficacy: General Self-efficacy Scale (SWE) before (t0) and after (t2) the intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
physiological parameters: heart rate (HR) with pulse watches before (t0), during (t1) and after (t2) the intervention subjectively perception of physical exertion with the Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) before (t0), during (t1) and after the intervention (t2) daily well-being: daily well-being with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) before the intervention (t0)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLisa Thaller

Universität Innsbruck

lisa.thaller@student.uibk.ac.at/

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026