Effects of exercise in the treatment of depression

Effects of adjunctive exercise in patients with major depressive disorder(MDD) receiving routine pharmacotherapy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2016111630924N1

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-19

Start date

2014-03-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Major depressive disorder. Depressive episode

Interventions

Intervention 1: Control group: In this group only treated with pharmacotherapy equal interventional pharmacotherapy namely specific serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants treated. Intervention 2

Behavior

Control group: In this group only treated with pharmacotherapy equal interventional pharmacotherapy namely specific serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants treated.

Interventional group : Randomized Clinical trail 8 weeks adjunctive exercisetherapy with kind of airobic plus light strength three times a week per part 45 minutes aded to routin pharmacotherap

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Exclusion: Major acute and cronic Medical illness psychiatric disorders except Major Depressive Disorder ,and acute suicidal ideations and substance abuse disorders. Inclusion: Patients with Major Depressive Disorder; Age between 18 to 64 Years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Major depressive disorder. Timepoint: Beginning and end of Exercise plan (Baseline and 8 weeks later). Method of measurement: Interview, questionaire, laboratory tests.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Sleep. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Sleep questionnaire of pitseburg.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Onset and final of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Interview, anxiety Questionnaires of beck and hamilton.;General health and qualithy of life. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: General Heaith and Qualithy of life questionnaire.;Medical profile. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: laboratory tests.;Body mass index. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Scale to weith.	—

Measure

Time frame

Sleep. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Sleep questionnaire of pitseburg.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Onset and final of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Interview, anxiety Questionnaires of beck and hamilton.;General health and qualithy of life. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: General Heaith and Qualithy of life questionnaire.;Medical profile. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: laboratory tests.;Body mass index. Timepoint: Onset and end of exercise plan. Method of measurement: Scale to weith.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr seyed azim seyd

Roozbeh hospital research center

draliseyd@gmail.com+98 21 5540 9051

Outcome results

None listed

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