Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder and major depression Mental and Behavioural Disorders Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar affective disorder
Conditions
Interventions
The simple randomization will be done via lottery method without replacement. This will be done by placing papers with numbers in a bowl which are collected by patients. The numbers will be written as
participants are not blinded to the intervention.
The BES consists of 5 times of a 30 minutes exercise per session in a 10-day period
supervised by a trained healthcare provider following the FITT module, i.e. follow frequency, intensity, time and type, as an intervention for depressive and anxiety symptoms together with TAU. Patien
Sponsors
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Inpatients who are diagnosed with severe mental illness, i.e. major psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and major affective disorders e.g. major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder I based on DSM-5 by psychiatrists 2. Patients should have at least moderate symptoms of depression and/or anxiety; with depression score of =1 on PHQ-9 and/or anxiety score of =1 on GAD-7 3. Age 18 to 45 years old 4. Consented to participate in the program
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are aggressive or have a risk of aggression. This is determined by using Brøset violence checklist (BVC) and patients who score > 0 will be excluded. 2. Patients who are being chemically and/or physically restrained 3. Patients in a high dependency unit 4. Do not consent to participate in the study 5. Cannot understand or speak the language used in the study (English or Malay) 6. Failed medical clearance by a healthcare professional to participate in exercise for the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility: recruitment rate recorded as the number of eligible participants who consent to participate in the study in 3 months; the researchers will also record the number of patients who are screened for eligibility, the number of dropouts, and the reason for dropping out. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression measured using Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 at day 1 and day 10 2. Anxiety measured using GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 at day 1 and day 10 | — |
Countries
Malaysia
Contacts
Public ContactMuhammad Hafriz Osman
Outcome results
None listed