Psychosis
Conditions
Brief summary
The main objective of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the immediate and long-term effectiveness of 8-week online exercise intervention for people with psychosis receiving residential care.
Detailed description
The effect will also be evaluated after 6-month and 12-month, anticipate seeing the maintenance of physical activity throughout a year of time. The secondary objective of this RCT is to investigate if the exercise intervention will be effective in improving the clinical symptoms, cognitive functioning and social functioning of the subjects, and to see if the improvement can be maintained (or improve) over a longer period of time (i.e., 6-month and 12-month).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOnline exercise
SMS messeages on encouraging active lifestyle and online exercise video will be sent to the participant weekly for 8 weeks.
BEHAVIORALSMS message
SMS messeages on encouraging active lifestyle will be sent to the participant weekly for 8 weeks.
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 69 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Based on the Fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosis to have schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders * Have the ability to understand Chinese * Able to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Severe physical illness (Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension, Fracture, Spinal problems in which exercise may be contraindicated), and seizure disorders. * Comorbid substance dependence * Unstable psychotic symptoms * Any history of brain trauma or organic brain disease * Known history of intellectual disability or special school attendance * Other mental conditions that requires other treatment priorities, e.g., suicidal risk. * Other medical conditions that severely limits participation, comprehension, or adherence to the treatment or assessment e.g., epilepsy, dementia, terminal medical illness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise level | 6 months and 12 months | Measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, a higher MET calculated from the scale indicates a higher exercise level |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Severity of psychotic symptoms | 6 and 12 months | Measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, a higher score indicates a more severe level of psychotic symptoms |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactYi Nam Suen, PhD
Outcome results
None listed