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Exercise as medicine: Assessment of Austrian psychiatrists´ views on status quo, limitations an potential

Exercise as medicine: Assessment of Austrian psychiatrists´ views on status quo, limitations an potential

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00030689
Enrollment
426
Registered
2022-11-11
Start date
2022-11-28
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

F00-F09 F10-F19 F20-F29 F30-F39 F40-F48 F50-F59 F60-F69

Interventions

Group 1: Psychiatrists practicing in Austria fill out a one-time questionnaire about their attitude and experiences towards sport as a therapy for mental illnesses, their own sporting behavior and, in

Sponsors

Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants must be 18 Years old and give their consent before completing the questionnaire. Since the questionnaire is aimed at psychiatrists practicing in Austria, the prerequisite for participation is a specialist in psychiatry, in psychiatry and neurology or in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All individuals who do not meet the inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
This questionnaire study, which will take place in winter 2022/2023, is a survey of psychiatrists practicing in Austria and their attitude to sport as a therapy for mental illnesses. The primary endpoint is to determine the number of psychiatrists who recommend exercise as a therapy for mental illness.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
As a secondary endpoint, the study also determines the psychiatrists' assessments of the patients' behavior in relation to physical activity, as well as the barriers mentioned by the patients and the psychiatrists' own sporting behavior.

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

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